Standing at a police checkpoint between Tbilisi and the city of Gori, Vakhtang Golinjashvili said that his village had been attacked by Russian troops. The checkpoint was surrounded by a throng of Georgian refugees, most of them walking toward Tbilisi with sacks of their belongings. “The only way out is the help of America,” Golinjashvili said.

Standing next to him, Iveri Nezvrishvili agreed.

"The Russians want to destroy us," he said. "The only things we can rely on are God and the Americans."

Sigh. How could one even begin to explain...