Let’s be real. All those croaking for intervention give a crut about the country and people, but really think about the oil pipeline.
Obviously there is a number of Osettians that feel more Russian than Georgian. Separatist movements all over the Region of Osettia prove that.
This issue is in Russia’s backyard, it is their fight.
We should learn from history, every time we got involved because we wanted to secure our “geopolitical” and “security” interests, the ones we “helped” were left so pissed at us that they turned on us after being helped. (Korea, Vietnam, Iraq).
Obviously American “help and intervention” is usually performed in such egoistic manner that you can’t hide it for long once our interests are served, resulting in severe consequences somewhere down the line when the “helped” become so frustrated that they direct their anger against us and not the original culprit.
Compare it, if any South American country would move in the direction of limiting our access to South American oil we’d be the first to invade, so no double standards please. Hugo Chavez knows that all too well, which is why despite all his Anti-Americanism he still very much enjoys selling us his oil at modest rates.
This is Russia’s business and security concern, not ours, stay out of it.