Reality is bud, there are no good direct options for us (in the short run on this one, outside of all out war...and that ain't a good option).
Furthermore, Georgia, by all OSINT, did not give any heads-up to what they were looking to pull off here, when they took action - That puts them in the spot of having to deal with any and all consequences (again, in the short run).
Is the Bear looking to now have a 'show of force'.....Obviously. Do we stand by the people of Georgia. Of course we do. But that plays out over months...not days....
Well then why did he say it? Why bother saying “The path of freedom you have chosen is not easy, but you will not travel it alone. Americans respect your courageous choice for liberty. And as you build a free and democratic Georgia, the American people will stand with you.”?
So knowing that this little nation isn’t worth us going to war over, he said it anyway? That sounds like a lie to me.