That is bull. Russia's invasion took weeks to months to put together and was preceded by material support for secessionists in Georgia. Either you don't know what happened there or you're shilling for the Ruskies.
Well said. Plus those Russians in the know got out of the ruble days before the invasion, because they knew it would tank.
The Georgians initiated nothing. They merely had the temerity to fire back at the South Ossetians who were bombarding them from the midst of a heavily populated urban area.
It’s like the Israelis being cast as the evil aggressors whenever Muslims rain down artillery fire on their schools.