Russian President stops war against Georgia for now. Where has our "Russian expert" Condi Rice been?

Still not sure why Georgia started this conflict last week, but, Russia is now stopping the operation. Medvedev is right about one thing -- Georgia was punished:

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military operations in Georgia on Tuesday, saying Moscow had achieved its objectives by punishing Tbilisi.

Just before meeting French President Nicolas Sarkozy for peace talks at the Kremlin, Medvedev issued instructions to Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov to "stop the operation to force Georgian authorities to peace".

"The aim of the operation has been achieved," Medvedev said in televised remarks. "...The aggressor has been punished and has suffered very considerable losses."

Close U.S. ally Georgia entered conflict with Russia last week after launching an offensive to retake the pro-Russian region of South Ossetia, which broke away from Georgian rule in 1992. Moscow responded with a huge counter-offensive.

Think Progress reports that uur Secretary of State was apparently on vacation during this conflict, although she did make a lot of phone calls. But, keep in mind, Russia is Condi Rice's area of expertise. Read her bio. It's chock full of her Russian/Soviet/East European credentials. Yeah. Clearly, she's been a disaster at those areas of conflict where she wasn't an expert. Now, we see she's pretty inept at those areas where she is an avowed expert, too.