[MarMema]

"It's not true that the Georgians have destroyed Tskhinvali. Russian troops were stationed in Tskhinvali and from their base in the city have provoked the Georgian side [over a long period]. I work in Gori and there was hardly a day when there wasn't any shelling - virtually every day we had wounded delivered to our hospital - there was no end to Russia's provocation, all year round. So Georgia had no choice but to defend itself." However he insists that, even now, there is "practically no national animosity" between Georgians, on one hand, and Ossetians and Abkhazians on the other. "I'm absolutely convinced that we can live together. If the Russians don't provoke the situation, Georgians, Ossetians and Abkhazians could live a normal life together," he says.

[TigersEye]

I read an article a few days ago that said the so called South Ossetians who were repeatedly attacking Georgians were actually Russians for the most part. Not S. Ossetians with Russian passports but Russians. Unfortunately I didn’t bookmark that article and it is lost in the flood of threads with the keyword “georgia.” Do you know the story I am talking about?

[MarMema]

see number 59

[RusIvan]

Some Georgians have said Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili was asking for trouble when he launched an assault on South Ossetia, which was allied to Moscow. ==

Even in your source the journalist had to admit something he do not like. But he did it with bonejawing.