"Georgia started the fighting by bombing and shelling civilian population centers in South Ossetia in order to undo what had already been done more than a decade before. "


Glad to know that CarolC is a witness to all of this. The reports I had heard were that, IN RESPONSE to the South Ossetian shelling of Georgia, the Georgians responded by the shelling and occupation of South Ossetia, until driven out by the Russians, who are now well into Georgia ( as well as occupying the other enclave).


All tha must be wrong, since it is not what CarolC says is happening.