So far what
I have gathered is this.
1: Ossetia is a region that belonged to Georgia.
2: Ossetia people did not like Georgian government, wanted Independence. Majority Ossetians applied for Russian citizenship/passport. Russia granted it.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26116598
3: Georgia says holy shit this is not cool and tried to deal with it diplomatically as they had no other real choice for several years.
4: When Georgian Army got some training from the U.S. (reminds me of Afghanistan.. maybe another Osama about to be born?), they got over-confident and decided to reclaim Ossetia.
5: Georgia says fuck you and tries to level the place and begins to exterminate the separatists who happen to be Russian citizens.
6: Russia moves in with Air strikes and Tank incursion within Georgian borders saying Georgian's have started this war by killing Civilians and Russian citizens in its attempt to remove the Separatists which happens to be the people of that whole region.
7: Russians want a Georgian "Regime change" but unwilling to call it "Regime Change" so they don't sound too much like current U.S. admin.
That appears to be the basic on what I have read in the BBC, CNN, and
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26093313/?from=ET
I am gonna have to side with Russia. Russia has every right as U.S. to defend its national security and to go in and liberate Georgia with but one difference it's not quite pre-emptive.. Georgia already attacked.. now seeing backlash.