West has no reason to see red in Russia's rise

The recent armed conflict between Russia and Georgia became the new center of attention in the international political arena. After the smoke cleared on the battlefield, Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and established diplomatic ties with its southern neighbor, where Russian military bases may soon appear.

Because Western powers supported Georgia during the conflict, the bilateral feud became a conflict between Russia and the US-led Western alliance and its impact has been fully shown in US-European Union and US-Russian relations.

It is impossible to misread the message from the US, EU and NATO that they "support Georgia's territorial integrity". Britain, France and a few other countries even proposed sanctions against Russia.