@florglee2 - Russia is the largest in terms of area, but in terms of population it has less than half of the United States population, or one-tenth of China's population.
@topic - My initial reaction is to root for the small, pro-America, Georgia that wants to join NATO over big, anti-America Russia. However, if we support them we'll end up with an angered Russia who further resents Western interests and would be unwilling to help act as a diplomatic agent in conflicts to their south. We need Russia to control its own Caucasus Islam rebel movement and watch out for other -stan nations nearby( not that we should be fighting there, but should instead be trying to help them mediate peace).
Someone noted earlier that in the Olympic opening ceremony they saw Bush talking to the Georgian president, Mikheil Saakashvili, and I saw him talking to Vladimir Putin; I just hope that imbecile (Bush) doesn't start World War III.