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The general read is that Saakashvili attacked South Ossetia first, and Putin responded with massive overkill.
There have been numerous charges tossed about that George Bush somehow triggered the Georgia-Russia crisis for many different reasons. Most of these charges have come repeatedly from Vladimir Putin. No independent, objective analysis of the crisis has found any evidence of the truth of those charges. (Zunes, 2008) a lame-duck president with most of his troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, George Bush warned, threatened, cajoled, negotiated and sent aid. U.S. Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, held countless phone calls with Georgia and Russia asking them to back off. They didn't.
Aftermath - Solutions?
Russia currently has approximately 7600 "peacekeeping" troops stationed in South Ossetia, Abkhazia, and a few Georgian locations. There is also a 225-man European Union mission monitoring the cease-fire, and patrolling the buffer zone set up around South Ossetia. Tension is high in the region. There have been many shooting incidents across the cease-fire line and a few artillery shells lobbed back and forth. (International Crisis Group, 2008 (aftermath)) Before any long-term solution can be worked out, Russia must adhere to the peace agreement it signed and pull its troops. The European Union, NATO, and the United States continue to monitor the situation and are jointly working toward a settled peace in that area of the world. No miracles.
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