I think the info-war is very important. Just look at the Israel/Hezbollah war. By pretty much any objective measure, Israel kicked their ass. But, since the war became framed as, if Hezbollah survives they’ve won, it’s pretty much been accepted that Hezbollah won the war, which has real consequences, in terms of public opinion, recruiting, money from their patron, etc.

If this war had been framed, say, like that war, which makes a kind of sense, considering the great disparity in the two forces, that victory for Georgia meant simply surviving and not having their democratic leader deposed against the biggest military in the region, it could have a big impact.