Literally.
US special forces trained the same exact Georgian troops that invaded South Ossetia just weeks before the invasion by Georgia of South Ossetia.
Georgian, US troops start military exercise amid escalating tensions with Russia
July 15, 2008
Georgian and U.S. troops started a joint military exercise Tuesday amid growing tensions between the ex-Soviet republic and Russia, a Georgian defense ministry official said.
About 1,200 U.S. servicemen and 800 Georgians will train for three weeks at the Vaziani military base near the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, ministry spokesman Mindiya Arabuli said. The drills were planned months ago and are not related to recent tensions over two separatist Georgian regions that are backed by Moscow, he said.
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Georgia claims a string of recent explosions and border skirmishes in Abkhazia and South Ossetia are part of a Russian plan to annex the regions, while Russia claims Georgia is gearing up for a mid to take control of the regions by force.
And when the entire planet was distracted by the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Beijing on August 8, that is precisely what happened. Georgian forces entered the South Ossetian territory, prompting Russia to invade Georgia. To be clear, I am not defending Russian actions here, nor am I attacking Georgian actions. This is their dispute with a long history going back before even the Soviet Union’s collapse.
The point is this: what exactly was the Bush administration’s involvement in the instigation and lead-up to this invasion during the Olympics and right before an election? What was Bush doing?