Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili announces Friday he signed a cease-fire agreement with Russia.

In Washington, President Bush chided Russia on Friday for Cold War-style behavior, saying, “bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century.”

Bush said the United States stands “with the people of Georgia and their democratically elected government.” He said the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity “must be respected.”

“We will not cast them aside,” he said.

Bush said Russia’s invasion of Georgia has “damaged its credibility.”

I’m reminded of an old saying, something about “the pot calling the kettle black”.  Excuse me, but if my memory serves me right, didn’t we recently do a preemptive attack on Iraq?  So Russia, in this case, is a “bully”, but we’re not?   Hmmmm.  I think we should at least consider the possibility that Russia was actually emboldened by the fact that we are over there raiding one country or another.  So, Mr. Bush, what gives us the sovereign right to invade a country, but other countries cannot?