Georgia, whose troops have been trained by American soldiers, began an offensive to regain control over South Ossetia overnight Friday, launching heavy rocket and artillery fire and air strikes that pounded the provincial capital, Tskhinvali.

In response, Russia, which has granted passports to most South Ossetians, launched overwhelming artillery shelling and air attacks on Georgian troops.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080810/world/georgia_south_ossetia


Georgia heavily bombs a civilian population center, killing a couple of thousand people, wounding many more, and rendering thousands of people homeless (after being trained by the US)... Russia responds by targeting Georgian troops, and the US calls Russia the bad guy in this scenario. Hardly surprising, I suppose. In fact, I'd say it's pretty typical.