Georgia as I understand it

If I understand the local history correctly, the country of Georgia never got along with South Ossetia or Abkhazia. When Georgia declared itself free after the Russian collapse, South Ossetia and Abkhazia tried to declare itself free from Georgia. Georgia attacked the two regions and forced them to remain in Georgia. The two regions remained defiant of Georgian rule and Russian troops were sent into the regions to act as peace keepers.

Recently Georgia asked for admittance into NATO. They were denied due to the ongoing territorial deputes with the two defiant areas. So Georgia attacked the two regions and their Russian peace keeping troops. The Russian military rushed in to protect it's interests in the region and repel the Georgian attack.

Of course the Unites States has it's hand in this incident. President Bush has proclaimed the support of the United States for this fledgling democracy and has spent millions of U.S. dollars arming and training it's military. I'm sure that President Bush had Georgia's best interests in mind and never gave one thought to putting the U.S. missile defense system there. (Unlike Poland who just agreed to house the U.S. missile defense system in their country)

Unfortunately, now that the shit has hit the fan over there, President Bush can only scream into the wind in protest accusing Russia of "bullying and intimidation." If Russia chooses to press the issue and take over the country of Georgia and bring it back under Russian rule, there is nothing the U.S. can do militarily as it finds itself bogged down in two other wars. Oh we're sending in humanitarian assistance along with flying Georgian troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan, but we're not sending in troops. (One report I read suspects we will find the names of U.S. troops on the casualty lists of the Georgian side. I think we called them advisers in Vietnam)

Doesn't seem to be a good time to be a U.S. allay these days. It appears we got nothing to give.