Respectfully, Bokababe, Spanish Land Grant families in New Mexico aren't "historically American" but they are completely American. And quite glad to be so I think.
Sorry, I didn't mean my last to sound like a personal attack because it's not, but when I read it afterward, I realized it sounded more personal than I intended.
I don't disagree with your statement above, TE. And I don't even necessarily think that S. Ossetia and Abkhazia "belong to Russia". It's simply that I don't think that Georgia really gives a damn about either S. Ossetia or Abkhazia -- they were just useful ways to bait the Bear to get us to "come to the rescue". How much we spurred that kind of georgian behavior on is a subject of debate.