I tend to agree with Wretchard on this. Seems to be a game of signals. I think the Russians pushed to hard and Georgia pushed back saying,”We can create a lot of trouble down here.” I don’t think the Georgian’s intended to overtake South Ossetia. If they had they would have severed the one access point for Russian’s to get reinforcements there.

With Russian’s entering the South Ossetian capital and Georgian troops withdrawing I think the worst is over.