[RussianConservative]

How else is he to prove his nationalistic macho but to start wars against minorities Georgians try to exterminate for 13 years?

Actually, after his meeting to Washington with Bush, he suddenly state that he was misinterpretted and did not directly threaten to kill tourists....aka, he finds out that he really is not worth US going to WW3 over...whoops.

[GeronL]

The US likes Russia a lot more than Ukraine these days...

actually most Americans probably never heard of Ukraine anyway.