Was Georgia given the greenlight by US to attack?

Kindasleazy, as cited elswhere at DU, was in Georgia on July 10th. Georgia then attacks provoking a response from Russia. When you consider that Georgia has a couple a thousand troops in Iraq in support of Bushboys war it is hard to imagine they would go into loose cannon mode.

Please add your thoughts, pro and con, to this.

But, it was an internal attack, right? So, they may have considered it domestic and just gone for it.

I think they didn't get a green light but a yellow light.
Totally underestimated the Russian Bear, it would be interesting
to see foreign communiqués between the US and Georgia before they attacked

the meme used as 'one' of the many excuses used to attack that sovereign nation (Iraq) ....... So Georgia bombs it's own people to start this thing .... and hmmmmm not a word about it in this light from our media. That's to be expected. :crazy:

.....so the high price of crude would remain high.

Think so? :hi:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3771527&mesg_id=3771527

:D

All former Soviet republics have large ethnic Russian populations living in them, leading to some inevitable ethnic tension. In the Soviet days, these ethnic Russians were on the top of the social strata, and now they are not. In places like Estonia and Moldova, the tensions have been high, but have never degenerated to the point as they have in Georgia. Nationalistic Georgians have taken their alliance with the US far further than they should have, deliberately tweaking the nose of the Russian bear.

In all these former Soviet republics, the answer lies not in scheming up alliances with some big power half way around the world; it lies in having dialog and common ground with their overwhelming, enormous neighbor and putting the Cold War into the past.

Giving my thoughts.

But suffice to say - I DO believe Bush Co. thinks there is something to gain from this. Which says we gave the green light.

Oh - and watching this on BBC today since our media is just up the Olympics/Edwards asses . . .

Russia has now bombed the National Airport and sunk a Georgian bomber that they claimed attacked them. Now - IF - Georgia really has pulled out . . . When is Russia going to stop?

Saakashvili thought he could invade the sovereign country of South Ossetia (who has been independent for 18 years) thus insuring Georgia's entry into Nato. Saakashvili didn't believe Russia would come out in force and Saakashvili would be able to occupy South Ossetia at the point of a gun while the rest of the world was occupied watching the Olympics.

Who knows who told what to whom, but how convenient to stage a little foreign incident at this time in our election campaign.