Since it's South Ossetia in question, how about we ask the South Ossetians if the Russians were protecting their peace?
How would you react if the Mexican Army aided and abetted attacks by separatists in Texas?
As long as they were aiding Confederate seperatists, it wouldn't bother me.
South Ossetia is not and has never been a recognized country. This is still a diplomatically-recognized part of Georgia we are talking about.
So let's imagine that the Mexican Army sent 'peacekeepers' into Southern California. Would you ask the 'Southern Californians' whether they approved of this, or would you ask the Americans?
As long as they were aiding Confederate seperatists, it wouldn't bother me.
Which part of that would require or entail giving them U.S. passports and stationing U.S. soldiers there?
South Ossetia is only slightly less wary Russian intentions than they are of Georgia trying to reclaim the sessionists. And Russian 'peacekeepers' were allowing South Ossetian thugs to attack Georgians outside of South Ossetia.
As long as they were aiding Confederate seperatists, it wouldn't bother me.
Posting guidelines prohibit me from saying what I think of you after that comment.
30% of South Ossetia is ethnic Georgians. So why don't we start by asking them if the Russians were protecting their peace.
Oh wait we can't. Ethnic Georgians have been ethnically cleansed from their villages in South Ossetia.
In an AP Interview with, South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity spoke of the ethnic Georgian villages in South Ossetia. He said, "There is nothing left anymore".