Small country and the Russian have the advantage. Georgians troops have to defend Tbilisi and there is a choke point near Gori a ridge and the river crossing. After that the government of Georgia will have to flee to Turkey. The President would be shot by the Russians since they blame him personally for starting this.

Unless Georgians troops start making this very costly and the rest of the citizens get mobilized, Georgia can not hold off the Russians long enough to allow any help from Turkey and anyone.

Evacuation of Tbilisi needs to be planned and I suppose they can run to Armenia or Turkey or into the mountains in the south. Too many people seem to want to cry and do not understand that freedom is not free. A population of 4.5 million should have enough males available to mobilized but only have 22 thousand in uniform.