I have to agree with this: war with Russia is not a good idea for anyone. Russia requires a diplomatic route, but "containment" obviously is not going to work either. I believe that Georgia was the agressor, but Russia's response was way overboard, and lets face it, they have been looking for a reason to stomp Georgia into the mud (much like us with Iraq).
We may have to get tough on Russia, but I think everyone can agree that trying to invade Russia is a very bad idea. Will we win? Ultimately I believe our troops are better trained, and our technology is better, but that is not something I'm willing to test to the tune of several millions of lives. I also have no doubt that Russia would use the bomb on their own soil to stop the advance of troops.
As for my comment on Atheism in schools, perhaps you are right Sub, to a point. I still think that teaching one belief and not allowing discussion of others is tantamount to simply teaching that this is the only way.
Atheism is an absense of religeous belief, would be more accurate. Bear in mind that I have very little tolerance for Gnostic Atheist, as they essentially believe in something that they cannot prove. Agnostic Atheist are better in my book, because at least they are willing to be proven wrong. Gnostics act like extremist, and can't handle the idea that they might not be the supreme being on the planet, so much so that they refuse to listen to any witness. They support that there must be concrete proof for everything, which would make exploritory science very difficult. That's why I say they have a belief system. They have faith in something they have no proof for, and in turn say that there must be proof to have faith.