As we enter into another week of conflict between Russia and Georgia, we see that Russia still has not kept its word about pulling troops out. They still hold the port city of Poti, not to mention the trenches around South Ossetia that they have dug. Yet another great example of 21st-century diplomacy.

The West is holding its breath, but for what? We don't know. Russia is proving that it can still bully smaller nations, as it did in the days of the Soviet Union. But why this sudden interest in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, just two small provinces? They don't really offer anything of value to Russia, so why is Russia trying to claim them? Provocation. Russia is trying to get the West's attention.

It's no coincidence that this happened as the United States signed a deal for a defensive missile system in Poland. The Russians know that we're now obliged to defend Poland. They want to draw us out, a plan in which they have already partially succeeded. One of five U.S. Navy destroyers has arrived at the port city of Batumi, loaded with humanitarian aid. But even as we send our military to one spot, Russia threatens another. The Russian Defense Department threatened Poland with an attack, possibly a nuclear attack, if they continued with their agreement with the United States. And nuclear warfare is the last thing that the world needs. Fallout from a nuclear attack on Poland would affect most of Europe.

What should the United States do? Nothing. If we point our missiles away from Russia, and stay out, the threat should go down. If that doesn't work, perhaps the United Nations should actually use its power for once. Resolutions are good, but backing them up with troops would actually help. It should go to a U.N. vote: Do we do what we normally do, and kindly discourage this kind of behavior? Or do we get in there and put a stop to it?