"...given Georgia's murderous past record in Abkhazia I can see no reason to give its armed forces the benefit of the doubt."

Now let's see Jack population of the region known as Abkhazia according to the 1989 census was some 512,000 people, comprising Georgians (largest group), Abkhazians, Armenians, Russians and Greeks. After their "War of Independence" the population according to the 2003 census had halved around 193,000 Georgians had been driven from their homes and the only ethnic group whose numbers had grown during those intervening four years was the Abkhazians all the others had decreased dramatically. Now what was that track record again Jim?