Ha!!! Remember McCain going on and on about poor Georgia (country) being attacked by mean Russia?

[LittleApple81]

and ranting about Obama not doing the right thing (denouncing Russia and embracing Georgia?) Well, now we have this:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/26/georgia-started-russiange_n_146666.html

....

TBILISI, Georgia — Georgian authorities mistook messages from the U.S. administration as encouragement to use force against Georgia's breakaway provinces _ an action that triggered war with Russia, a former Georgian diplomat said Wednesday.

Erosi Kitsmarishvili, who was ambassador to Moscow in the months before the August war, said the Georgian government's actions had launched the conflict.

The allegations stirred debate over what or who started the five-day war _ a debate Georgia said should be resolved by an international investigation.

The war strained U.S.-Russia relations, and U.S. officials have denied Russian claims that Washington encouraged Georgia to send forces into South Ossetia province.

On Wednesday, the Georgian government said Kitsmarishvili's comments were false.

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(Of course, the Georgian government would say that, wouldn't they?

[JI7]

1. didn't he say something about "we are all georgians today"

or am i confusing it with his "you are all joe the plumber today"

[NNN0LHI]

2. Old man Bush pulled the same trick on Saddam to get him to invade Kuwait

I imagine the marines will be pulling the Georgian president out of some spider hole before this is all over with.

Don

[Dover]

3. I recall Obama being in agreement with McCain and that

"it's Russia's fault" was the meme all over the press and voiced by both party's spokesmen.

Most DUers, on the other hand, seemed more inclined to question that premise after reading
foreign new reports that challenged that assessment.

[moondust]

4. I'm still waiting

for testimony/news/anything from the U.S. troops that were in Georgia "training" Georgian troops around the time of the conflict. You know damn well they were in contact with the Pentagon at a bare minimum after the fighting broke out. But where were they right before the fighting broke out and what were they doing?

I expect it will be a long wait.