An end to the fighting in Georgia?

MSNBC is reporting this morning that "Russian President Dmitri Medvedev ordered an end to the military operation in Georgia on Tuesday."

I hope this is true. After all, innocent civilians are suffering, and there is never a good excuse for that, in my opinion.

And I wonder if there will ever come a day when humankind has evolved to where we no longer feel a need to resort to violence to resolve our differences. (Call me naive, but I prefer to think of myself as an idealist.)

Meantime, for some interesting background on the conflict from a humanitarian perspective, check out this Q & A from Human Rights Watch.