War

Well I guess we're all going to die because of all this stuff going on in Russia/Georgia. In following the news I find it kind of funny that both sides are lying through their teeth about pretty much everything. It seems America is inexplicably on the Georgian side of the conflict in PR terms, since Russia is super evil and all that. Regardless, it seems Georgia is begging for a ceasefire while Russia continues to slam their military complex.

Honestly, I tend to lean on Russia's side so far. I mean, Georgia decided to go out on a limb and smack a seceding territory that had close ties (not to mention their name itself) to Russia. Russia hits them back and drives them away - Georgia had to see this as a possibility as consequence for their actions. I mean, you can't provoke a war and once you start losing you throw up your hands and think the other side's going to cooperate the way you want. And yes, Georgia has withdrawn from Ossetia for the most part, and Russia continues to hit their military complex. Essentially Russia is simply trying to shut down Georgia's ability to wage war utterly and completely so that a ceasefire can be accepted without the possibility of a regroup and counter-attack.

With the disinformation coming from both sides it's hard to get a clear picture of what's going on. South Ossetian media, predictably, are telling stories of horrible wartime atrocities and up to 30,000 refugees when only 500 have been accounted for. Georgia continues to claim that Russia is destroying apartment buildings and hospitals and is targetting their civilian areas. Honestly I think Georgia is ready to give up and Russia just wants to give them a second black eye before this is all over.

EDIT: A great resource from the Georgian side of the conflict. Russia appears to have a denial of service attack underway, so they posted it on blogspot.