In the 18 Aug 08 - 04:02 PM post and others, it is asserted that it was South Ossetia that started this round of violence prior to the attack and invasion of South Ossetia by Georgia on August 8th. This is false. That post and others makes the claim that South Ossetia unilaterally engaged in violence against Georgia during that time period, and that Georgia was just acting in self defence. That post (and others) ignores all of the violence that Georgia was using against South Ossetia during the same time period. That post and others are suggesting that Georgia didn't contribute to the violence prior to it's bombing and invasion of South Ossetia on August 8th. This is entirely false.