If you needed proof that the Georgian war was a PR set-up, it came soon enough. Within days, Donald Tusk hurriedly signed up for US missiles while John McCain topped the media ratings.
The majority of ordinary Poles aren’t so enthusiastic. ‘It puts our head between the hammer and the anvil’, as my friend [...]

After blowing away a Russian Peacekeeping base in South Ossetia, ‘experts’ were ’surprised’ by Russia’s response. Yeah, right.

Inevitably, chatter about Georgia is coming round to the pieces that don’t fit. And we wonder if we’re really watching a Brechtian play within a play.
Even Stratfor analysts are puzzllng over ‘The Mystery of The Georgian Invasion‘ [...]

Israel supplies Georgia with all kinds of scary techno toys, including tactical missile systems, anti-aircraft systems, automatic turrets for armored vehicles, electronic equipment and remotely piloted aircraft. … Oh, and by the way, the Times doesn’t put its most idiotic leaders on the net, where they might be easily rubbished and dissected, although this headline is front page on UK newstands.

But so far, the US has been happy to support the man they helped to put in.

…His actions have included removing any rights for workers and closing down independent media - even the TV station at one point.

You’re going to have to read a lot of independents and between a lot of lines to get a handle on this one. Even the UN Security Council can’t agree three lines of text.
While it might not be world war on the ground, international media is locked in ‘moral’ combat while foreign ministers on [...]