Quote Originally Posted by DaBudhaStank
And we care what the U.N. thinks since.....when? Definitely not since 2003, that much I know.

Also, that doesn't give Georgia the right to slay 1,500 innocent Russians. But then civilian casualties don't mean much anymore either. Georgia has nothing on their side except for us in this matter, and that's BAD, because then we're defending unnecessary conflict and warmongering.
Not all of the 1,500 were Russian. Georgia chose to attempt to take back land with valuable resources. That's what war is about. It isn't about ethnic cleansing, that's the BS reason. Resources is the reason we went to Iraq, it's the reason Russia staked their claim to South Ossessia. Resources. Resources.

It's in the US's best interest to defend Georgia. If Georgia secure those resources, we get a brokered a deal. Supporting Russia gains the US nothing.