Quote Originally Posted by Rex Brynen View Post
... is how the Georgians thought that a military escalation would work to their favour. I don't doubt their sense of grievance... just their common sense.
Which makes me question that the Georgians would have been the ones to fire first. I'm quite certain their not in ignorance of the largess of the russian military.

That said did anyone not expect to see something like this happen in the region considering Russia's stances recently?