I disagree with the synopsis that has been given of my position on this issue, and the reasons for my disagreement with the poster whose positions I have been disputing.

My position is that Georgia has been planning this invasion of South Ossetia for a long time, and that South Ossetia has a right to not only defend itself from Georgian acts of aggression, but also to be helped by Russia in doing so. Furthermore, I maintain that South Ossetia has as much right to self determination as Georgia has.

My dispute with the other poster is not over who started this round of hostilities, but rather, that the other poster's insistence that it was the South Ossetians who started it is not based in fact because the only documentation that has been presented in support of this has come from the government of Georgia, and also, that to try to narrow down the government of Georgia's reason for invading to a window of a few hours on August 7 is absurd. So far, I have not had an opportunity to show that this was where I was going because the other poster has not answered the question I posed in my 19 Aug 08 - 11:05 PM post.


Check this out - Saakashvili eats his tie...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kid379OjuC0