Internet Free Georgia -- Liveblogging the War

(The post title refers, awkwardly, to Radio Free Europe, in case it makes no sense to you.)

I read something quite remarkable today. It reminds me of something from Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada, 1983), or at least something of an urban legend from that Operation. It is said that an American artillery forward observer, unable to reach the artillery battery by radio, used a pay phone and an AT&T phone card to call Fort Sill to relay his instructions to adjust fire.

And now, on a much greater scale, the government of the besieged nation of Georgia, suffering under Russian bombs and tanks as well as a cyber attack that has shut down the government websites, has turned to Google's blogger to communicate with the outside world.

Follow this link, and refresh it often if you are following the conflict between the once and future Evil Empire and United States ally and almost-NATO member Georgia:

http://georgiamfa.blogspot.com/

Do you think the Sov--I mean, the Russians will try a cyber attack on Google now?

There's a link to another blog from Georgia, also hosted by Google:

http://russiangeorgianwar.blogspot.com/