If it's only an opinion, I won't try to argue with it. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. When someone prefaces an opinion with the words, "of course", it looks like the person is stating something they regard as fact, and not as opinion.

There is, of course, more than ample evidence that the US and Georgia had planned this whole thing for a long time. And it dovetails perfectly with the geostrategic goals the US has in the region. The Russians are perfectly justified in thinking that the US is working to undermine Russia's national security.