[Proud_USA_Republican]

It may not be our fight, but:

1) Georgia and its government have been strong allies of the US.
2) They have over 2000 troops in Iraq and have been a solid member of the coalition.
3) Georgia will be joining NATO in 2009.

[E. Cartman]

We once had a strong relationship with Serbia, yet we happily allowed the Islamo-Fascists to grab Kosovo.

We repeatedly give assurances first to Soviet and then Russia leaders starting in the first term of Bill Clinton that we had no wish to expand NATO yet repeatedly did. Now, watch how quickly Europe backs down from supporting Georgia even if they will be joining NATO in 2009. (With their gas pipeline, Russia has old Europe by its proverbial gonads.) As philosophically abhorrent as it is even to me, realpolitik will prevail, and that we decided to extend our sphere of influence into regions not historically of our concern nor which we were willing to support will show the amateurishness of this current State Dept.