*sigh*
The pattern is so obvious. Just look precise.
Serbia, Ucraine, Estonia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Poland.
As I know you, you want further explanation. OK
1. The NATO is a anti- East Organisation. As it was organized against the threat of the Sovied Union, and the SU doesn't exist any more, why does the NATO still exist? Well, because it works agains the rising threat of China and Russia. OK.
2. Let's look through the list from above.
Serbia --> Strong Pro- Russian Country in the West. Remember WWI. And yes, it was strong recently, until the NATO invaded and separated Serbia. Well, genocide, there were and are a LOT of serbs who are/were killed. So there was no "rational" reason to invade Serbia.
Ucraine --> Remember the Orange Revolution? Maybe not. Well I remind: 2 Canditates were put up on the post of president. One, of course, pro-west and the other pro-russia. The US started a grand media campaign for the pro-west and started an "Orange Revolution", in normal words a grand, payed Demo to make the pro-russian President Vanish. You may say that the folks wanted the pro-westerner. But wait, you don't know the other news. The folks were VERY angry with the new president, he is gone now and on his post is his ex-compagnion, Timoshenko, who is now accused for national betrayal (Staatsverrat). Well, they don't tell that, do they?
Estonia/Latvija --> There are a lot of discussions if e.g. the russian Language should be banned from Schools (most people there are Russians...), Memorials for Sovied Warriors in WWII are pulled down etc.
Poland --> I won't talk about Poland.
Georgia --> NATO/US bribed the georgian President, they equipped the Army (There were Amis fighting there!!!!) and let him bomb a major city. They killed over 2000 civilans (!) and 20 russian Soldiers who were there a long time to protect the Ossetiists from attacks from Georgia. Georgia/NATO bombed infrastructure and killed innoscent people. Georgia is promised to be taken into the NATO. They are promised any help by the NATO. Do the georgian people have interest to be against Russia? No, they are dependend on russia and there are Russians in Georgia. Well.
--> Azerbaijan is now visited by Big Dick Chaney and promised help.
Take a map, look where all these countries are. Yes, congrats, around Russia. The pattern is clear. The NATO is surrounding Russia, taking and bribing their allies to not allow them to evolve.
Conclusion.
Russia had to go consequent to not go check mate in this brutal and grand chess game. They had to show the NATO that they won't allow the US/NATO surrounding them. They are now in the independent countries of south Ossetia and Abchasia. Don't accept it? Don't have to.
Well, what does the US have to answer? Nothing. They are bankrupt and they can't afford an attack or something else, and that is good. We agreed on that it is a setting sun. The East is rising. History: Europacentrism, Americacentrism and now Asiacentrism.
We don't have to agree. But I would like you to read this carefully and think.