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The war in the ether

August 12, 2008 - 3:47 pm - by Richard Fernandez
M. Simon
2008-08-13 06:41:47

Steve Harrigan, Fox News, shows column of BMP’s in Gori. Says Russians are advancing without opposition. Georgian Army has melted away.

It is called a strategic retreat. Something the Germans in WW2 were not allowed to do. It made their army brittle. Of course it is bad for PR at least before the counter stroke.

Attacking the pointy end of the spear (except for delaying actions) is a fools errand.