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There is no doubt Georgia made a mistake in attacking the Russian-backed rebels in South Ossetia. They should have first appealed to the UN to revise the (Russian) peace-keeping force there. And keep in mind that S. Ossetia is part of Georgia, not Russia.
I believe president Saakashvili was provoked into an ill-advised crackdown on South Ossetian separatists by an upsurge in violence there that was backed by Russia. The Russians were obviously ready to invade Georgia as evidenced by the amount of troops and armor that immediately rolled across the border. I also believe Russia provoked the conflict as an excuse to invade and gain control of the oil and gas pipelines to further enhance its control of energy supplies.

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  AnteUp1 year, 4 months ago
  
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  "made a mistake"?? - Georgia has been the recipient of billions
  in military equipment and training from Uncle Sam for at least
  as far back as 2002. Our involvement has been doing nothing but increasing since then. I watched a three-part Real News interview
  with F. William Engdahl that said we have 1,000 special forces
  and military advisors ON THE GROUND in Georgia.
  (Plus, 1,000 Israeli military and private contractors who's
  participation has been approved by their Foreign Ministry -
  but I KNOW you don't want to hear about that.)
  
  They were all perhaps taking a nap on Thursday night?
  We KNEW what was going to happen and must have given
  the nod to Saakashvili. If , on the other hand, we had NOT
  wanted this conflict to occur...................it never would have
  happened.
  
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