I have a cartoon in my files from 2008 when Russia invaded the country of Georgia. David Horsey drew the political cartoon for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Georgia, located between Europe and Asia, choose to leave the Soviet sphere after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. In 2008, the Soviet Union invaded and annexed portions of their former satellite. The reactions were similar to our reactions today to Russia’s designs on the Ukraine.

From the cartoon in 2008:

1) Europe is concerned that the gas they buy from Russia may be cut off.

2) NATO is glad Georgia is not one of their members; otherwise, they’d have to do something.

3) The United Nations avoids the issue.

4) American cable news isn’t interested in the situation in Georgia. They continue with stories of celebrity scandals.

5) The President plays volleyball.

6) The average American is concerned only with the one word they think they understand: Georgia. Are Russians invading Atlanta?