“Commentators in Russia said Moscow was caught off guard by this reaction from its ex-Soviet neighbors.
“Everyone in Moscow thought: ‘We are in the right and the enemy will be destroyed’, but in Minsk and other CIS capitals everyone was in disarray,” Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily wrote.
“This has totally paralyzed the CIS leaders including Belarus. Moscow did not expect this from its closest ally.””
There must be something in the water if by invading one neighbor one is surprised that other neighbors don’t support you.
Kristinn, with this and your earlier thread you have found a very interesting, underlying story IMO.
Thanks. Analysts of the situation in Georgia have tended to overlook these things. It looks like the Bush administration isn’t, though.