Huh? That's the first time I've heard that version of events.
“Our decision to engage was made in the last second as the Russian tanks were rolling we had no choice, Mr. Saakashvili explained
Yeah. That is why he shelled their capitol. It was self defense.
Interviewee (I): Andrei Illarionov, former economic adviser to Putin
The West is ideologically divided.
Georgia invasion 'planned since April'
http://michaeltotten.com/ on 26 August 2008.
Short version http://www.city-journal.org/2008/eon0820mt.html om 20 August 2008.