Georgia Claims on Russia War Called Into Question

New York Times by C. J. Chivers, Ellen Barry | Nov. 7, 2008 (News Report)

Newly available accounts by independent military observers of the beginning of the war between Georgia and Russia this summer call into question the longstanding Georgian assertion that it was acting defensively against separatist and Russian aggression. Full Story »

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by James Canning - Nov. 7, 2008

The New York Times comes in line with German and British newspapers and magazines that have described Georgia as the aggressor in the war with Russia this past August. The story does not report that 19 Russian soldiers (peacekeepers) were killed in the surprise Georgian attack on South Ossetia.

Saakashvili badly miscalculated. Being the darling of the neocons in Washington, he seems to have figured the US would rush to back him up (as John McCain wanted to do).