Russia Attacks Georgia, warns Poland

Russia attacked Georgia last week and moved in with Tanks and Troops while leveling and taking over Georgian cities. President Bush condemned these attacks and said that bullying and intimidation was not the way of diplomacy in of the 21st century. Russia responded by essentially saying that actions against its troops would be seen as an act of war. In the last few days Russia has said it will back out of Georgia and give the cities back that it occupied. But if you think that trouble with Russia has been avoided, you would wrong.

The United States just signed a missile defense deal with Poland to which Russia said that any missile defense system would expose Poland to a possible nuclear strike. This is a major statement — threatening with nuclear weapons against Poland but they also warned against any allied country. While this is by far not a call for arms against Russia(that would just be crazy), but it is a call for a tougher diplomatic stance. Calling on the UN is worthless at this point because both Russia and China have veto votes on the security council. The other option is calling on NATO but I’m not sure what that will do either. This is quite a sticky situation and in a worst case scenario, things could escalate back into a mini cold-war which would be devastating for all parties involved and the world in general. I’m not sure what Russia is thinking or if they are just making a grab for power. Maybe they were planning this all along and we were watching China too much and Russia not enough.