4 thoughts on “Who Started The War?”

1. Actually, the guy is still off by quite a few days with his start date, larger unrest already started around 1st of august, and both abkhazia and ossetia were stirring up since spring drone shootings. hacker attacks on georgian sites already begun in july as well.

2. Virtually everyone believes Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili foolishly provoked a Russian invasion on August 7, 2008, when he sent troops into the breakaway district of South Ossetia.

3. The point you seem to miss Jim is it’s not who gets the story first, it’s the chorus of voices. Russia has been putting forth it’s genocide b/s argument from day zero.

   Russian shills are all over the place trumpeting that same song and the major media outlets bought it at first.

   I can’t prove it, but even minor sites have been attacked and gone offline. This has been all out war on many fronts, planned and executed.

   It ain’t over.

4. Jim if you’re going to post pro-Russian propaganda; at least take a longer view:
   The story behind this conflict, is long and convoluted, not as much as the Balkans; but nearly as infuriating . Who fired first is an open question, and when, it makes the West Bank & Gaza seem simple. Hrefhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7489199.stm> the previous month, indicates it was not as clear cut: Whereas this article, at the outset of the crisis, makes it clear of the South Ossetian provocation; hrefhttp://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-080808-georgia-ossetia-webaug09,0,4176197.story also makes it unclear as does this piece from four years ago! Before Saakashvilli took office, hrefhttp://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=7859, where rogue elements of the security forces are involved. Was Schueneman, planning this back then!href. This piece gives a general overview of theconflict: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,2419606226040,00.html

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