Russia's Upgraded Foreign Policy. . .While at War

Needless to say Steffen gave me a wonderful slap of reality during class, pointing out that there are bombs from Russia pointed at us every hour of every day. After this, my interest in the Russia/Georgia War has increased a lot and I am a little taken back and confused by what is going on.

Russia's President, Dmitri Medvedev, has stated that Russia will now follow five specific guidelines for their foreign policy. These include: observing international law, rejecting what Medvedev called United States dominance of world affairs in a “unipolar” world, seek friendly relations with other nations, defend Russian citizens and business interests abroad, And it would claim a sphere of influence in the world.I want to talk to their office's P.R. for annoncing these wonderful ideas while your country is bombing cities and killing people every day.How are they to be taken seriously about being what they claim "a sphere if influence" in this type of situation.

Russians made another checkmark move by calling an emergency meeting of the United Nations where they stated in a short speech that "Georgia and Ossetia need to cease hostilities and to return to the negotiating table." How is Georgia to stop defending themselves while they are in the middle of evacuations and nightly bombings?

So far the United States Defense Department has reported that they have not recieved any official requests for assistance. For our sake lets hope we don't have to join the war. It worries me to think that our country could be involved in two wars at once.