"U.S. Really Surprised by Georgia-Russia Conflict?"
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/content.aspx?audioID=27675
This is a superb sort of "US-Russia relations in the last 8 years 101". Probably you already know this stuff, but if you are sick of exlplaining why Russia's doing what it's doing to your friends and family and hordes of kossacks (ironic name, no?), here's a handly link for you! Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
