apparently south ossetia has traditionally been loyal to russia and is a protectorate. Georgia is the agressor and that was quite an unwise decision. South ossetia does not want to be a part of georgia yet georgia tries to take it by force? What a bad move by the georgian leaders. Both sides are idiots.
you actually thought georgia didn't know that russia would retaliate in this manner? georgia is as much to blame for the violence as russia, if not more so. We just hate russia more because we hear more about how Totalitarian their government is. The Georgian government and it's people care more about their nationhood then the lives of a few georgians, its a concept westerners have difficulty understanding
The Georgian government and it's people care more about their nationhood then the lives of a few georgians, its a concept westerners have difficulty understanding