A Sign Of The Apocalypse?

It's no secret that the Russian military is strong enough to conquer most countries in Eastern Europe. As if words weren't enough, Russia declared war against U.S. ally Georgia the opening day of the Beijing Olympics. The United States has constantly urged Russia to reconsider the declaration and call a truce. Georgia retaliated with its own sizeable army, though not as huge as world superpower Russia's. The Russians attack with full force, with, only about a few days into the battle, having conquered half of Georgia already. The war was declared over breakaway nation South Osscentia, located in some place most people have no clue about. Russia's Putin left the Beijing Olympics right after the opening ceremony. At the ceremony, United States President George Bush was seen talking to Putin, and the conversation seemed to be on good terms. Most Russian athletes attending the games had no clue that their country was at war when they paraded through the National Stadium, AKA the Bird's Nest. A few hours ago, Georgia president Mikhail Saakashvil claimed that Russia has "effectively cut the country in half by seizing the city of Gori," located 60 miles west of the capital. A top official at the Georgian Embassy says that the Russians seemed to be moving towars the capital and would not stop until Georgia was completely conquered. The Russian Defense Ministry say that the seizure is not true.

With the declaration of war by Russia, many countries in Eastern Europe seem to be very nervous. They take this display as a showing that Russia has the power to conquer a nation and that they are seemingly very willingly to take that risk. They claim that Russia would have no problem conquering the newly democratic nation. Soon after war broke out, Poland and other breakaway nations of Russia declared the following statement: "We, the leaders of once-captive nations of Eastern Europe, and now EU and NATO members — Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland — express a deep concern over the Russian Federation's actions toward Georgia."

The European Union has been trying to use oil and resources that don't come from Moscow. However, with the new conflict emergining and gaining momentum, and the war with Georgia, the European Union seem unlikely to be able to accomplish this task. The way they had planned was for the resources to come through a series of energy routes running through Georgia. Currently, the European Union gets a quarter of its oil and resources from Moscow. In one of the many air strikes on Georgia during the war, a major oil line was nearly hit, though no damages have been reported. Russia has already bombed two airports in Georgia as well.