Heritage Foundation's announcement for today's event at the Rayburn House Office Building called for a stop in U.S. - Russia relations reset and read like a "hello" from 1981, a joke, or a political play. It made us wonder - who was the real enemy: Obama or Medvedev? Did the hearing target the White House's new policies towards Russia or actual events in Russia unknown to the common folk? America and Russia have their differences, but come to think of it, United States is currently in three wars (four or five, depending on how you count), and none of those are with Russia! Furthermore, the solid fact generally unknown to the American population might have complicated today's hearings: American military supplies get shipped to Afghanistan via Russian railroads and Russian airspace, and often on Soviet-built Antonov jumbo jets. Drugs harvested in Northern Afghanistan (that is not controlled by the Americans) create catastrophic issues back in Russia and specifically Moscow, where--unlike to Washington D.C.--you can hike to with a backpack from Kabul, Teheran, or Baghdad.

Here at Russia Blog, we will be fascinated to learn the facts and commentary pronounced at the hearings regarding Russia's acts of aggression towards the U.S., and the number of the attendees who came to this fascinating and surreal event.

Event invitation (we are publishing it purposely after the fact):

Time to Pause the Reset? Defending U.S. Interests in the Face of Russian Aggression

You are respectfully requested to attend the following open hearing of the Full Committee to be held in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
DATE: Thursday, July 07, 2011
TIME: 10:00 AM
LOCATION: Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building
WITNESSES: Mrs. Katrina Lantos Swett, Ph.D., President, Lantos Foundation for Human Rights
Mr. Ariel Cohen, Senior Research Fellow, Russian Eurasian Studies and International Energy Policy, The Heritage Foundation