Another ridiculous European war?

The province of South Ossetia in Georgia is populated by mostly ethnic Russians. They want to secede from Georgia and rejoin Russia. The Russians sent in warplanes to attack the Georgians who are have been trying to crush the Ossetian rebels.

Georgia 'downs two Russian warplanes' as countries move to brink of war.

Russian Army Moving Against Georgian Forces Controlling Capital of Breakaway Province South Ossetia.

I know this is serious stuff for the Russians and Georgians but I still find all this "ethnic strife" ridiculous. The fact that Europe still has ethnic (in the Balkans) and sectarian (in Ulster) divisions in the 21st century tells me that they are still far from being civilized.

And yet they have the cheek to look down their noses at Americans. The last war we had between neighbors was 150 years ago. During that 150 years there have been dozens of European wars including the two worst wars in the history of mankind. When will they grow up and join the 21st century?

Poulos has more to say on the war at Postmodern Conservative.