I don't profess to being an expert on international affairs, but so many of the posters here are obviously not low information voters. Most of us (I assume) are more aware of some basic international matters than the average American is. I'm not sure the "Russia/Georgia conflict" will affect the campaign, but I would bet that most low information voters fall into 1 of 2 camps:
Camp 1: Commie-Haters: You know the type. They hate all things Russian, i.e. Vodka, Bears, the Kremlin, ah..circular furry hats.... So what they get is that Russian is once again up to it's old Commie tricks. We beat them once, let's beat them again.
Camp 2: War-Haters: They hate all wars, regardless of the circumstances. They are just as likely to protest "The War of the Roses" as they are to protest Vietnam, Iraq, etc. You know the type: "Give Peace A Chance".
I would hope that the average American is somewhere in the middle like myself. I don't hate Putin (or Russia for that matter), but any man for whom W can gaze into his eyes and "see his soul" should not be trusted. And let face it, Russia was once a world power, and the people who have had a taste of power and lost it, always seems to want it back (yeah I mean you Clintons). And while I'm no war protester, it seems to me that we are already in the midst of 2 wars, Afghanistan & Iraq and we are stretched thin as it is. Until we can at the least partially resolves one of those 2 wars, while it's good for the President to be as "tough" and firm as possible with Russia, I would hope that the next President or the current one, does not intend to star a 2nd (or would it be 3rd) Cold War by taking some type of "action" against Russia. It seems to me that of the 2 presidential contenders, one of them is more likely to be amenable(?) to starting some military action against Russia.
But I've never served in the military, so maybe I just don't understand as much as some do, what do you guys think?
BTW: I'm not trying to belittle the thousands of Georgians who have died in the last 48 hrs...., just wanted to share an opinion.
Oh, and the Clinton comment was a purposely cheapshot