[StormEye]

"This was no sudden response to provocation, but a long-planned move. Mr Putin resents the West’s influence in former Soviet countries such as Georgia and Ukraine, and he dislikes the puckish Mr Saakashvili intensely."

Where were our intelligence agencies on this? Was the CIA asleep or something? We have military advisors in Georgia; we should have seen this coming.

Frankly, the US Government is failng the American people on so many levels, partcularly on defending its own borders, and it seems intent on promoting the dispossession of America to Mexico and anybody else who screams racism or discrimination loudly enough.

[penowa]

"Was the CIA asleep or something?"

It appears to me the CIA is much more interested in destroying this country than worrying about or tracking someone who might be trying to do it from the outside. And the CIA is hardly alone. Most of our gov't agencies are filled with operatives hoping to destroy us from within.

[F-117A]

Where were our intelligence agencies on this? Was the CIA asleep or something? We have military advisors in Georgia; we should have seen this coming.

This has been brewing for a long time. We knew Russia was prepared to move.

The real question is, did Saakshvili launch the attack on the South Ossetian capitol on his own or was he encouraged. I have read reports that argue each side of that question!