Thread: Georgian President says Russia "picked fight"
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Old 08-11-2008, 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by mightypeon View Post
If Russia picked a fight, why was Georgia making progress at the start of the war?

I mean, if Russia would pick a fight with Finland. The Finns, for all their resilience, would not capture St. Petersburg at day one of hostilities.
The Georgians did in fact, capture the hostile capital of South Ossetia. I would label suprise as the only way they could have achieved this.
If they suprised Russia than it was not Russia picking a fight there.

Sakashvilis gamble did not pay off, and now he is trying to win via the media what he could not win via his military.
Err, you do realize that South Ossetia is in Georgia, right? It's not in Russia, and it is not a part of Russia, and it doesn't even want to be a part of Russia. You could say Georgia picked a fight with South Ossetia (and I guess some could argue the other way around, depending on what you believe), but it's definitely Russia that is being the agressor against Georgia, not the other way around.
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