Georgian soldiers participate in training exercises 30 km outside Tbilisi in Vaziani on March 26, 2008.From Pravda:
Russia has won the war in Georgia. US-based scientist of politics at Nixon Center, Dmitri Simes, told ITAR-TASS that Russia would now need to win the world in cooperation with the USA. The expert means that Russia currently needs to try to turn the past events in South Ossetia to advantage of US-Russian relations.
Simes believes that it is a possible, albeit a hard goal to achieve. Simes is certain that no one in the US political establishment incited the Georgian president to invade South Ossetia. Saakashvili simply overestimated his own significance in Washington’s eyes and misinterpreted messages, which the US administration was sending him, the expert believes.
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My Comment: Rumors of American servicemen or "mercenaries" dead or captured have been running through various blogs since the beginning of this week. This blog even talked about this on Sunday. This is now old news. If there is proof ... I will demand that it be shown and confirmed by independent sources.
Pravda is promoting the Russian line. But what surprises me is that many people/blogs in the west are now promoting this news as fact. Rumors of Blackwater, mercenaries from other countries, special forces, etc., I have heard it all. I had even had the joy of listening to a frustrated Rush Limbaugh on his radio program today listening to a caller promoting this same line.
But here is the truth .... there is no body or prisoner. There are no mercenaries or special soldiers in this war theater. This is all Russian disinformation which is becoming old news with each passing day.
If they produce a prisoner and/or a body, I will then pay attention. Until then .....