“wonder if the Georgian president will order his forces to engage . . . it looks like he may have done something like that this morning in Gori.”
What makes you say that?
reports are that Georgia sent a healthy sized military contingent with Gori city officials for handover of the city from the Russians, stand-off occurred and Russians have temporarily decided they aren’t leaving. Just speculating really, but given the Georgian president’s bellicose tone . . .