ONE year after the Georgian war, its outcome is as debatable as the cause. Depending on where you stand, the war can be seen as the sinister culmination of a systematic provocation by a neo-imperialist Russia or as a murderously aggressive gambit by a Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via AllTop, The Economist
Good quick read. Sarkozy deserves more praise than given in this article, and the agreement could not have been achieved if more specificity had been demanded. Timeslines are available and they show Saakashvili started the war, blundering badly. The article does not mention the role G W Bush's arrogance played in bringing about the war; Putin had told Bush Georgia was not going to be allowed to impose a military "solution" to the separatist "problem" in South Ossetia. Bush ignored the warning, and Condi Rice botched the job too.
Saakashvili's fat-headedness brought about a near-disaster, that both hurt and helped Russia, but certainly hurt Georgia. The US and EU taxpayers have also been injured by Saakashvili's recklessness.
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