Actually, Russia had nothing to do with this choice. As reported, it appears that Georgia launched an offensive in South Osietta to try to take it back from the seperatist. Russia responded today by bombing the airbase in Tslit and rolling a column of tanks into South Osietta.
I have no doubt that the Russians are backing the seperatist, but they didn’t pick the specific day this went down, though I’m sure they were planning on this eventuality.
Yeh, the Russians just happened to have tanks lined up on the border? They were mobilizing for this over that last couple months.
Yes, tanks just don’t mobilize in a matter of hours. I agree with you. That’s why I said they were planning on this eventuality. Most likely they had units on high alert to be quickly mobilized.