I find it fascinating that so many comments to articles and editorials in papers and websites like the NYT, the Washington Post, the BBC, show that many people have clearly seen through the "official" line with regard to the "good" Georgians and the "bad" Russians. While there's plenty of sympathy for the real suffering of the folks under attack in both S. Ossetia and Georgia, I find that the only hard-line supporters of the Georgian president are the same folks who think the US should wipe out Iran tout de suite. And ex-President Gorbachev's article in the Washington Post this morning got lots of favorable comments, along with the usual "Commie pinko" ones.