Georgia expected too much from the world

If world has become just like a city, as they say in newspapers, one should learn how to live there. Don't pick an issue or a fight with anyone that you can't handle by yourself. Georgia learnt this lesson last week the hard way.
When the USSR splintered out, Georgia was one the new countries that came into existence. Ossetia was a part of it. Latter, the Ossetians decided to farm out and merge with Russia. Fair game! At that fluid state of affairs, realignment was natural. Georgians thought otherwise. They tried to maintain their hold over Ossetia. Thus began the troubles.
The new state of Goergia, had many 'sympathizers.' They certainly gave their moral support. But it shouldn't have been taken as a guarantee that these sympathizers would be around when things will become really hot. Georgia failed to realize it. The hard reality of 21st century is that nobody will come to your rescue when you pick up a street fight.
Remember what happened when the USA attacked Afghanistan and latter Iraq. The world paid only lip service. Their protests meant little and the USA did whatever it wanted. In a city, people restrict themselves only to their very close domestic affairs.
Georgia definitely had relied on its misconceived notion that the world will come to its support militarily. Rest of the world should take note!