The Russian Georgian conflict needs to be resolved and fast. Indications are the Russians have no intention of resolving it amicably or peacefully. They appear to be involved in a forceful land grab of Georgia’s Abkhaz and South Ossetia Provinces. And it would be no surprise if this aggression were followed by even more Russian mischief making in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Today’s situation in the Caucasus is like having Americans who live in Mexico’s State of Baja California declaring that they want the Mexican land they live on annexed by the United States. So they revolt against the government of Mexico and declare themselves an independent state and American citizens. The U.S. agrees.

Mexico sends its army into the State and puts down the revolt by force. In retaliation the U.S. sends its armed forces into Baja California, defeats the Mexican Army, illegally occupies the area, and makes it a part of the U.S.

The United Nations convenes in emergency session and proposes a peace treaty which both Mexico and the U.S. sign. In the treaty the U.S. agrees to pull its military forces out of Mexico. But shortly after signing the treaty the U.S. announces that all of the territory of Baja California now belongs to the U.S. The U.S. declares that is has no claims on the rest of Mexico.

No one knows whether or not these U.S. actions therefore will be limited to the Mexican State of Baja California, or whether it also has designs on annexing parts of Canada, Central America and a few islands in the Caribbean.

Canada and South America complain. The U.S. tells them to shut up or it will do to them what it did to Mexico. The U.N. debates the situation and tries to pass watered down resolutions which the U.S. vetoes. Mexico continues to complain, the U.N. continues to do nothing and the U.S. continues to privately thumb its nose at the world.