The Russo-Georgian War and the Balance of Power

Stratfor ^ | 8-13-08 | George Friedman

[Uri’el-2012]

With this going on on the world stage, my question was and is,
where is our Affirmative Action Secretary of State?

I thought I was told her strong suit was Russia
and the former Soviet Union.

[F-117A]

I am shocked that we didn’t see this coming. This looks like an intel failure. Someone didn’t do the analysis all the way through.

It was public knowledge that Russia was moving the 58th Army to the Roki tunnel.

There was shooting in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone again yesterday [3 August] ... At the same time, it has been reported that five battalions of Russia's 58th Army are approaching the Roki tunnel [linking South Ossetia with North Ossetia].

BBC Monitoring via TOL (Czech - 6 August 2008)