Russia-U.S. tension and the misleading media in the West

After China-bashing, here is Russia-bashing. Repeatedly, western media compared today's situation in Georgia with the 1968 "Prague Spring" and reignited people's fear and disgust against Russia. Some media, in order to discredit Russia's claim of genocide, even goes to say that Russia's discover of the number killed, more than a hundred, is far below what it believed, which is over a thousand. Once peace-lover and human rights defender, the western media now turned to care more about "Sovereignty" suddenly. Currently situation is very much like the Korean War reversed: Georgian president, Mikheil Saakashvili, armed and encouraged by the West strongly convinced that he was capable of reuniting his country by force and Russia was neither able nor quick enough to respond to his bold attack. Unfortunately, "Russia could not afford inaction," as MIKHAIL GORBACHEV clearly stated. Mr. Gorbachev also call present western media misinformation "a propaganda attack against Russia, with the American news media leading the way."
Two things are missing in the media: 1. why did Saakashvili invade Ossetia in the first place? what did he prepare to achieve domestically and internatinally?
2. how do we restore peace and order on the ground again and make sure that a proper agreement will be put into place to ensure future peace relations in the region?
The missing picture of Saakashvili's calculation and plans makes it impossible to evaluate the positions of both sides as well as future prospects of peace agreement. And the missing of the real solutions instead of rhetarics reflected how easy it is in the West to revive the old cold war nightmares than to figure out the political and security need of a democratic Russia as a state not an empire.
The expansion of NATO, the abolition of missile treaty, the agitation of independence in Kosove and the new missle defense installations in Eastern Europe signifies Washington's continuous treatment of Russia as the Soviet Union.The admission of Russia into G8 while G8 itself is loosing prestige in the world is not rewarding enough to offset Russia's disappointment after the cold war. Many American political analysts and scholars understand how important it is to give space and respect to the rising powers like China, India and sometimes Russia, but when the time comes for the west to show their respect and understanding, they are cought between their own interests and their rhetaric.
I am sure Russia is not going back to the cold war and Putin is no compare to Stalin. Russia will back off if an international agreement satisfying its request is reached. What the west should do is not pressuring Russia, but to clarify its intentions, and to dissude Georgia from a military solution. In the long run, the West will have to figure out a way to include Russia in a broader international community and play its rightful role while make sure that Russia also gives up military solutions for problems that could be prevented by a balanced international security regime. No one wants to see the return of tensions between the U.S. and Russia, except perhaps the oil speculators. Isolating Russia will be a disasterous policy.
It is especially bad for China in this situation. However, China could use its third party status to mediate an agreement and help to end the conflict in the region. Such a move will prove to the world that China has an intrinsic interest in the world peace process.