I could say the say the same for villages in Iraq which were once ruled by the Persians, countless Turkish or North African villages which were ruled by the Greeks. Ancient History is always a useful guide to the current situation on the ground. The cold hard fact that is that Georgia rules territory which rejects its rule. The South Ossetians have rights too. In any case, I am not suggesting that we pick sides, only that we stay out that mess.
Almost every country in the world has a separatist region.
We should never have given Kosovo away.