I was just listening to a russian immigrant explain that the russian people threw their support behind putin precisely because of clinton’s little foray into yugoslavia. Apparently, clinton cut a deal with the russians to make the yugoslavia police action a joint USA-russia thing. Then we got our boots their first and when the russians showed up, clinton blocked their entry and sent them back home in disgrace.
The russian people were so upset over it, they threw their support behind putin.
Then when the kososvo separation thing was approved by the USA, putin felt obligated to do something drastic. He felt is was his duty to his countrymen to do something to regain russian pride. The people put so much trust in him that they allowed him to remain in government in some capacity other than president.
This is the opinion of a russian-american citizen. So according to a russian, the georgia invasion is EXACTLY a retaliation against america for the disgrace they suffered in yugoslavia.