Bush's Legacy: Elective War for All

When Russia invaded Georgia, the world was surprised.  Surprised, but not stunned.  Bush II's unilateral cowboy-posse doctrine has informed the world that, in fact, might makes right.  When Bush II invaded Iraq, he was ignoring - blatantly - the advice of his father's cabinet members, the advice of the UN security council, and the advice of a vast majority of nations and people around the world.

When Putin came forward last week with his theory that the US orchestrated the Russian-Georgian war - and he called it a war - to manipulate the outcome of the US presidential election, he sounded a bit wacky, but something sounded about right.  Putin invaded Georgia because Georgia was cracking down on the breakaway of of the Georgian republic of Ossetia.  Putin sounded wacky because the US supports and recognizes Georgia, so why would the US support a break of the country?

But something about his comments sounded about right.

Today, in thinking of world events, it hit me.  Russia invaded Georgia and ignored the UN with impunity befitting Bush II.  I knew this would be a consequence of Bush's war in Iraq.  He has handed the major powers, indeed each nation, a permission slip to act according to their own national interest, regardless of the consequences to other countries and people.  In this way, Bush has given US foreign policy sociopathic tendancies, and he has isolated and distanced all people from all nations and lessened the moral standard for resolving international conflict.

Questions about the ultimate outcome of the Russian-Georgia war linger, but the question I am asking is: what is the next war?  Which country will be the next country to use their permission slip to invade which country?  Here are some possibile headlines that Bush II has made more likely:

China invades Taiwan
Russia invades Pakistan
US invades Iran

Personally, I believe that US will bomb but not invade Iran.  Why do you think McCain was chosen by the PNAC to succeed Bush?