There is not going to be a conflict between the USA and Russia over the emergency in Georgia. The President of Georgia created this emergency and now the Russians are going to contend with it.
Ever since the Soviet Union restructured into Russia and other smaller nations, Russia has fretted and worried about the people of these small nations. Georgia literally turned on its own people in the two break away regions.
Russia is not going to stand by and allow more of the same. Russia is interested in 'one thing' and 'one thing' only. They are interested in stable political states. Stable political states mean there is 'order.' Where there is order, people can live 'predictable' lives. Whether those lives reflect democracy or not isn't the priority of Russia. Any country that sees Russia as 'Anti-Democracy' is sadly mistaken and is raining propaganda in 'fear' of a Russian dominated global environment.
Russia is not going to leave Georgia. Just that simple. The Georgian President thought he could play god with his citizens' lives to invoke a Western backed war. HE WAS WRONG !
U.S. troops arrive with aid for Georgia (click here)
TBILISI, Georgia, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. military personnel arrived in Tblisi, Georgia, delivering humanitarian aid to thousands of people displaced by the Georgian-Russian conflict.
A senior U.S. Department of Defense official said the relief effort was meant to demonstrate to Russia that the United States "can come to the aid of a European ally and that we can do it at will, whenever and wherever we want," The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) reported Thursday.
In ordering the mission, U.S. President George Bush said Wednesday he expected Russia to honor the cease-fire and ensure that "all lines" remained open for "the delivery of humanitarian assistance and for civilian transit."...
