To make your scenario more accurate, make it a bunch of Mexican Americans along the Rio Grande, where they are the clear majority, decide they want to be a part of Mexico and establish autonomy. When the State of Texas cracks down to restore order, Mexico invades to "protect" their many civilians there.
I am not syaing that everyhting Georgia has done has been best...but it is their country and they have an area that wants to break away and be a part of Russia...a very samll area with a very small part of the population. (I believe less than 70K)
What is really happening here IMHO is that Russia is using this as a pretext to make an example and test the resolve of the west.
No Jeff
South Ossetia is part of Georgia only because the Georgian communist Stalin said it was. There is no shared language or culture. IN the past Ossetian Christians have always looked to Russia for protection from muslim hordes.
North Ossetia is a part of Russia.
Muslims living in South Ossetia want to stay with georgia...for the time being but are keeping quiet for the time being.
This information should be enough to keep you thinking for a while.
This guy does propoganda. Offer to play chess with him instead of debates.