“News” and opinion abound, but in order to determine the significance of these events we will need to wait until it’s all said and done. Obviously the Georgians bit off more than they could chew. Will the US continue to back it’s Georgian allies, or will they sell them down the river?
I cannot imagine that the US and/or NATO enter would actually enter into this…
Source: CNN.com
The Russian military advanced into Georgia on two fronts Monday, entering cities outside the breakaway provinces that have been the centers of fighting.
Georgian troops on a tank in the city of Gori, which their president claims was attacked by Russia.From the flashpoint South Ossetia, the Russian military moved south into the central Georgia city of Gori. Russian troops were also in Senaki, in western Georgia, having advanced from Abkhazia, Russian and Georgian officials said.
A CNN crew in Gori saw Georgian forces piling into trucks and leaving the city at high speed.
The streets of Gori were nearly empty Monday. Over the weekend the city came under repeated aerial attack from the Russian military.
Russia’s Interfax news agency cited an official with the Russian Defense Ministry saying troops were in Senaki to “prevent attacks by Georgian military units against South Ossetia.” Senaki is home to a Georgian military base.
Georgia’s interior ministry said Russia had also seized control of Zugdidi — a city on the route between Abkhazia and Senaki.
Georgia launched a crackdown Thursday against separatist fighters in South Ossetia. Russia, which supports the separatists and has peacekeepers in the region, sent its military into South Ossetia on Friday.
The Georgian government said it was recalling the army to Tbilisi “to defend the capital.”
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Neither USA nor NATO has to do any violence movement against Russia. Only thing that they have to do is to block the bank’s accounts of Russian’s government’s leaders and claim them persons non grate in the West. It will stop Russian troops much more effective than any weapon.