@buddy larsen:
I don’t keep track of my sources, so I can’t really substantite this more than to say there was a lot of chaotic movement throughout South “Ossettia” the “day before” and for several days after the day that Georgia “bombarded” Tskhinvali.

My take is that they had known for weeks what was coming and knew it would come down the pike the next day. Georgian troops in Ossettia had two missions: first, to destroy Russian command centers and communications/key bridges in and near Tskhinvali, and, second, to assist ethnic Georgians to escape where possible in that patchwork place. Other than that their mission was to fall back under fire in good order.

This they did. Breathless tales of their “route” seem to me to be pure bunk. Wht is amazing is how well they carried it off. Now they are who knows where and they are thirsting for blood.

Here comes General Winter…