The Georgians seem to have been suckered into attacking their wayward province of South Ossetia in that the South Ossetian Russian mercenaries provoked the Georgians by firing on them. The Georgians responded by shelling them in return, which then gave the excuse for the Russian “peacekeepers” into attacking Georgia with overwhelming force.
It doesn’t show how clever the Russians are, with people quoting Clausewitz, but it does show instead how predatory the Russians are. The Nazi Germans did exactly the same just prior to invading Poland. Russia’s behaviour reminds me of the US invasion of Grenada in 1983. I was appalled by that US manoeuvre as I am sickened by the present Russian THUGS.
Look what you’ve done you Russian thugsThe Russians now talk about “regime change” as if that were their business. My sincerest hope is that the Georgians will instead rally around their President Shakashvilli, and instead of the ex Soviet nations quaking in their shoes at Russia’s gangster behaviour, they will look to their defences and enlarge GUAM. The Ukrainians have never feared Russia because the Ukraine has the military clout to hit Russia hard—and I would flatten the Kremlin as a lesson to those bullies. The Ukrainians have the missiles to do that. Чорт пабрал вас, Расейская скурва блять!
