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August 21, 2008 - 4:27 pm - by Richard Fernandez
neolex
2008-08-21 20:28:27

@buddy

It doesn’t have to add up. Another 24 hours and it wouldn’t have mattered, as Russia would be in control of Tbilisi and Saakasvhili would be effectively deposed.

It is possible, that Russia only decided to go into Georgia proper after Saakashvili attacked (because now they had a good cover story), and the initial plan was to take over SO.