This war was stage-managed from moscow. The Ossetian militiamen were shelling Georgian towns-where, pray tell did they get cannon? Saakashvili got suckered into responding and gave Russia the opening they needed. A tank brigade just doesn’t pack up and cross the border on 6 hours notice. It takes days to weeks to prep one for such a movement. Blaming Georgia for this is like blaming the rape victim for fighting back against her attacker.