Will Russia Trust the West Again?

Hello,

As I was drinking my morning cup of coffee today: The issues and facts of the Georgian – Russian 5 day war, is starting to switch directions. More and more articles by CNN, Time and Reuters are starting to show up on the front page questioning the validity of Georgia’s claims about the war. This is nothing new as far as this blog is concerned, Windows to Russia has kept the stance the whole time that Georgia started the war….

LONDON, November 9 (The Sunday Times) –

Two former British military officers are expected to give crucial evidence against Georgia when an international inquiry is convened to establish who started the country’s bloody five-day war with Russia in August.

Ryan Grist, a former British Army captain, and Stephen Young, a former RAF wing commander, are said to have concluded that, before the Russian bombardment began, Georgian rockets and artillery were hitting civilian areas in the breakaway region of South Ossetia every 15 or 20 seconds.

Their accounts seem likely to undermine the American-backed claims of President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia that his little country was the innocent victim of Russian aggression and acted solely in self-defence.

During the war both Grist and Young were senior figures in the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The organisation had deployed teams of unarmed monitors to try to reduce tension over South Ossetia, which had split from Georgia in a separatist struggle in the early 1990s with Russia’s support.

It has been a hard issue for Moscow to try to comprehend the Worlds backing of Georgia (Saakashvili) and the negative hate toward Moscow over this war.

It showed Moscow that the West can not be trusted…….

Kyle & Svet

comments always welcome.