>>We were never going to go to war over S. Ossetia

then why exactly did we arm this tiny nation, train their soldiers, lobied for their inclusion in NATO, when their only potential enemy was Russia? and who was minding the store to make sure the boss was not getting deluded?

>>We do not, never have, and never will intervene to preserve the territorial integrity of small allies that can't maintain sovereignty in their provinces

Kuwait? S. vietnam? Contras?