Georgia started it by invading Georgia?
Russia somehow managed in 6 hours to plan, mobilize for and launch a coordinated military and info-warfare campaign for an incursion into another country? All to protect those Russians who are not Russian?
Is that why Russia is now saying they will not permit a Georgian government that is not a puppet of Russia?
Is it just a coincidence that Russia’s tool of choice for international extortion is shutting off gas pipelines, and that Georgia controls one such pipeline that just recently started flowing from Baku? Does this have no relationship whatsoever with Russia planting its flag under the Artic ice?
Right.
Just as we have plans for interventions, so do the Russians. When Georgia increased tension in South Ossetia, Russia moved the 58th army into location near the Roki tunnel on August 4th.
When Georgian forces pulled back tensions eased.
Georgian President Saakashvili gave a speech Wednesday evening at 7:10, promising a cease fire and stating Georgia would not be provoked. OSCE peace talks were planned for the next day, the 8th. Before the day was over, Georgia had launched an all out surprise attack on South Ossetia, including the indiscriminate shelling of Tskhinvali with highly inaccurate Grad MLRS rockets. (HRW has condemned Georgia for these attacks on civilian areas.)
The Russian 58th army move through the Roki tunnel into South Osseta around 5:30 on the 8th.
The rest is history.
Some chumps think we’re playing checkers.