Also, from the same above referencd VineYardSaker posting:

“Referring to the shooting down of a Russian Tu-22 bomber over Georgia, the Defence Ministry says the Georgian military would have needed a C-200 anti-aircraft system to carry out the attack.

According to Russia, the Georgian army did not possess such equipment before the conflict.

Only Russia and Ukraine are armed with C-200 anti-aircraft systems, which is leading Russian defence officials to suspect that Kiev may have sold the equipment to Georgia.
Commentary: info from Jane’s seems to dispute this version.”

http://www.janes.com/extract/jmr2004/jmr01140.html

Whiskey and RAH may be correct that this thing will expand in scope. I hope not, I think the Russians would be very foolish to go there.

Even with their military draw down over the past decade, the Euro’s are not exactly paper tigers, they simply need an injection of backbone.

Also, I still believe this was a spoiling attack on the part of Georgia and her Allies to prempt the forseen Russian offensive.

Question is “What’s in it for Georgia?”

Answer being that They’ll become “made” members of NATO. As current events indicate, the Georgians want and need NATO membership very badly.