“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.
Were you there? How do you know when and where the tanks started rolling? Remember, all they had to do was cross the frontier (between South and North Ossetia) for Saakashvili’s comment to be accurate.