By Alexander G. Markovsky, AMERICAN THINKER 12, Jan 2024
The State Department and the press have been involved in numerous cases of deception and falsehoods. Certain instances, like The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that sparked the Vietnam War or the accusation of Saddam Hussein developing nuclear weapons that led to the Iraq war, had devastating consequences resulting in the loss of thousands of American lives. The recent depiction of the war in Georgia serves as another example of misrepresentation and a false narrative.
Fifteen years ago, on August 8, 2008, Russia-Georgia war began. The portrayal of this conflict has drawn parallels to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels’ infamous quote, “If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth.”
Here are just a few examples:
“Fifteen years ago, Russia invaded the sovereign nation of Georgia and occupied 20 percent of its territory.” U.S. Department of State, August 7, 2023.
“Russia falsely accused Georgia of committing “genocide” and “aggression against South Ossetia”. … It launched a full-scale land, air and sea invasion of Georgia …” Wikipedia.
“On August 8, 2008, Russian forces began the invasion of Georgia, marking the start of Europe’s first twenty-first century war.” Atlantic Council, August 7, 2121.
“During the war, the Kremlin established full control over the occupied Tskhinvali region (the so-called South Ossetia) and Abkhazia, which together constituted 20 percent of Georgian territory.” CSIS Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington DC.
The State Department and media have perpetuated a narrative that Russia invaded Georgia and annexed South Ossetia in Vladimir Putin’s bid to restore the Soviet Empire. Yet, a closer examination of historical context and factual evidence presents a contradictory perspective.
The South Ossetian military in 2009 by Cominf.org. CC BY 3.0.
The conflict between Georgia and South Ossetia did not start with the ascendance of Vladimir Putin but had a history stretching for two centuries. South Ossetia became part of the Russian Empire in 1774. After the Bolshevik revolution in 1917 and the subsequent demise of the Russian empire, Georgia attempted to annex South Ossetia. In May 1920, Georgia attacked South Ossetia indiscriminately, killing men, women, and children, causing a flood of refugees.
Incidentally, in 2020, the people of South Ossetia commemorated the 100th anniversary of the atrocities perpetrated by Georgians, which Ossetians call genocide. In April 1922, after the Bolsheviks took power in Georgia, Stalin, who was Georgian, put South Ossetia under the jurisdiction of Georgia.
In April 1991, Georgia declared its independence. It is important to point out that, when Georgia declared independence from the Soviet Union, it retained control over the territories that had been incorporated into Georgia by the Bolsheviks without consulting the population residing in those areas, which were predominantly non-Georgian. Indeed, it never relinquished its claims on South Ossetia and Abkhazia, a little enclave incorporated into Georgia.
In response, South Ossetia and Abkhazia asserted their independence and declared themselves as separate republics in 1992. Therefore, the U.S. Department of State and CSIS’ statements that Russia took “20 percent of Georgian territory” are false. In 2008, those territories were not part of Georgia.
The hostilities resumed almost immediately. In 1992, after another war, Moscow stepped in and forced negotiations. During the talks, the parties agreed to cease fighting. Joint Control Commission for Georgian-Ossetian Conflict Resolution was set up, and the Russian peacekeeping force was authorized.
The situation seemed under control for the next sixteen years, and the border was relatively quiet. However, by the summer of 2008, the situation was becoming more and more volatile. Encouraged by NATO’s pronouncements and private assurances that Georgia would soon become a NATO member and be protected from Russia, the president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, became belligerent, issuing threats toward South Ossetia and personal insults in Putin’s address.
On August 8, 2008, ignoring multiple warnings from Moscow that concentrated sizable military force in the region to deter the possible aggression, Georgia nevertheless launched a massive, unprovoked attack with tanks and artillery on South Ossetia. As a result of the brutal assault, 48 Russian servicemen were killed, including ten peacekeepers. Moscow ordered a counterattack that liberated South Ossetia, and the Russian troops moved into Georgia all the way to Gori, the birthplace of Stalin. After briefly occupying part of Georgia, the Russians withdrew but stayed as protectors in South Ossetia.
The U.S. hastily declared this a Russian war of aggression.
However, the subsequent EU investigation concluded that it was, in fact, Georgia that launched an assault on South Ossetia and blamed Georgian President Saakashvili for starting the war “through a penchant for acting in the heat of the moment.”
“In the Mission’s view, it was Georgia which triggered off the war when it attacked Tskhinvali (in South Ossetia) with heavy artillery on the night of 7 to 8 August 2008,” concluded Swiss diplomat Heidi Tagliavini, who led the investigation.
Although the report contained some boilerplate accusations against Russia, Tagliavini said: “None of the explanations given by the Georgian authorities in order to provide some form of legal justification for the attack lend it a valid explanation.” “In particular, there was no massive Russian military invasion under way.” Saakashvili had said Georgia was responding to an invasion by Russian forces when it attacked breakaway South Ossetia, but the report found no evidence of this.
Therefore, the Atlantic Council’s conclusion that the “Russian forces began the invasion of Georgia” is false. Wikipedia’s description of the events as “It (Russia) launched a full-scale land, air and sea invasion of Georgia” is also wrong.
Those accusing Russia of attacking Georgia failed to explain its objective. Russia did not want to occupy Georgia; it withdrew its army five days later. And if it wanted to incorporate South Ossetia, there was no reason to attack Georgia since South Ossetia was not part of Georgia at the time, and a Russian military contingent was already stationed there.
The evidence and common sense show that Georgia was the evil party in this conflict. Unfortunately, when it comes to politics, the more determined and vocal side usually dominates the news and formulates a political narrative regardless of the facts and validity of the arguments. So, it should be no surprise that the State Department and the media ignore the inconvenient truth of the EU investigation and continue proliferating falsehood.
In a rare admission, the Christian Science Monitor wrote, “…. by dispatching his own ill-prepared military to resolve a secessionist dispute by force, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has managed to lead his country down the path of a disastrous and ultimately self-defeating war.“
In the aftermath of the war, Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
This is an infrequent occasion when common sense eventually prevails, and justice is served. The nut Saakashvili is serving time in Georgia’s jail, and there are no more hostilities between Georgia and South Ossetia. The relations between Georgia and Russia, despite constant pressure from NATO and incitements from Ukraine, are transitioning gradually from confrontation towards a path of peace and mutual prosperity. The Visa regime between the two countries has been waived, and Georgian vines, fruits, and vegetables are back on the shelves of Moscow supermarkets. Georgian Airways made arrangements with the Russian Aeroflot to help Russians circumvent the sanctions and facilitate transit of Russian travelers to various destinations across Europe, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and beyond. The Russians fly to Tbilisi, and Georgian Airways takes them to various destinations.
Now, it is time to separate facts from falsehoods.
Did Russia invade Georgia in 2008? Yes, it is a fact.
Was Russia an aggressor? No, it is not a fact.
Did Saakashvili start the war “through a penchant for acting in the heat of the moment?” Yes, it is a fact.
Was the war Vladimir Putin’s bid to restore the Soviet Empire? No, it is not a fact.
Have the American people been misled by the U.S. Government and the press believing in Russia’s aggression against Georgia? Yes, it is a fact.
Has Russia contributed to peace in the region? Yes, it is a fact.
Alexander G. Markovsky is a senior fellow at the London Center for Policy Research, a think tank that examines national security, energy, risk analysis, and other public policy issues. He is the author of Anatomy of a Bolshevik and Liberal Bolshevism: America Did Not Defeat Communism, She Adopted It. Mr. Markovsky is the owner and CEO of Litwin Management Services, LLC. He can be reached at alexander.g.markovsky@gmai.com
The author has been following the comments with great interest. It confirms what Ayn Rand wrote in Atlas Shrugged, “The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.”
@Peloni I have a date in a little bit. That is far more important to me than endless debates with you, where we both have points of view that will never be reconciled.
@Bear
Do not dodge the issue. I am not zigging and I am not zagging.
I asked you why you do not believe the Europeans when they determined that it was in fact Georgia which began the Georgian war. You stated just below that this was Putin’s narrative, despite the fact that it was the EU’s report.
Consequently I simply asked you for clarification and a source to support your bizarre statement. Feel free to continue to ignore this request, but it will be seen as substantiating the conclusion that you have no basis upon which to refute the conclusions drawn by the EU fact finding commission that Georgia started this war and that the EU report is anything but “history written by Putin”.
@Peloni Russia instigated the war! You want to zig and zag around that your choice. I do not believe it.
You will not change my view and I will not change your view.
I am going on to other things today.
@Bear
So you believe that Putin wrote the report of the Fact Finding Mission setup by the EU? Quite a remarkably delusional claim. Yet if is actually your contention that Putin wrote the EU report, show us the relevant basis for making such a bizarre and silly claim.
Also I still haven’t seen any source which you might provide to suggest that the EU report was actually wrong in concluding that Georgia began the Georgian war.
@Peloni your history is that written by Putin. So is it fact or propaganda.
I do not subscribe to the Putin narrative but the truth which is different than what the Russian Nationalists spout.
Peloni and some of us a bit less has bothered to read the massive documents over 20 years. Putin year after year seeking a coexistence with this west
Always stressing the independence of each nation.
But…it takes two to tango
So it was a vain hope from the beginning
Same with Israel v Arabs
There is the real and very useful educational parallel
I could continue onto other matters but another time
Bear
History is about parsing facts from fiction, and the best way to do so is to consider primary sources, while appreciating the bias inherent in those sources. With this in mind, I am curious why you believe that the EU would falsify their findings which implicated, not Russia, but Georgia as the initiating party in breaking the peace of Europe in the Georgian war. As the fact finding mission stated in its report following a year long investigation
I am curious why you think that the EU would falsify its report if this depiction of Georgia being the initiating party in this war were not true. Instead you find the History Channel to be instructive on this matter, despite the fact that all they state about the outbreak of war is that:
Notably, in its overview of the war, the History Channel fails to actually address the fact that the EU itself determined that Georgia began this war, almost as if they never read the report from which I have quoted.
Also in this long tale of the Georgian conflict which you shared, I find it interesting that there is no mention of the Rose Revolution, nor of Putin’s plea to understand why NATO continued to treat Russia as if it were an enemy, among many other related issues to the outbreak of this war.
In fact, I would suggest that you choose better sources which explain the whole truth, rather than one which does teases out selective claims while ignoring the fact that it was Sakaashvili and not Putin who began that war, broke the peace, and lied about these matters before the whole world. You might start with the EU’s Report on the Georgian War, which I shared with you previously and which you described as “trickery”.
The reason the US and Great Britain consider Russia and China their enemies is because both Russia and China dared to develop beyond the limit permitted to colonial states and now need to be slapped around to put them back at the level “they belong” so that the Anglo countries stay at the top of the world dominion.
Plus, both of these countries are the last obstacles that prevent the US and GB from taking over that whole continent (see the Mackinder Heartland Theory).
Basically, here is the description of the US/GB foreign policy:
take the first Rockefeller’s tactic of dealing with his competitors, i.e., sending his agents to burn down the competitors’ gas stations, and extrapolate it over the whole world (with Great Britain it would be the Irish Potato Famine which cleared Ireland of half of its population just because Ireland dared to try and keep its own textile industry).
It’s a cultural thing (your competitor is at war with you by definition) reinforced by the 400 years of their successful experience as colonizers and rulers of the world.
The thing is, these methods are becoming outdated and it is impossible to turn back the clock but, by God, they’ll keep trying!
@Peloni your analogy with Hamas and Russian aggression in Georgia is a red herring. I suggest you learn the truth by reading the following:
https://www.history.com/news/russia-georgia-war-military-nato
@Bear
The US kept created a window in Russian sanctions which allowed Russia to trade with Iran, sanction free, on the Iranian nuclear program and this is still true to this day.
@Bear
Such false claims are made of Israel baiting Hamas too on October 7.
The truth is that Georgia was unprovoked, and began slaughtering the civilians and then attacked the Russia peacekeepers. So I guess the South Ossetian civilians and Russians peacekeepers were the bait?
The truth is that Georgia was responsible for their beligerant attack which broke the peace. So too was Hamas on October 7.
@Bear
The US has abused its relationship with Israel. It is directly responsible for empowering Iran, providing them an umbrella under which Iran has built ist nuclear program, funding UNWRA, Hamas and the PA. The US has manipulated Israel time and again against its own interests to settle the issue with Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas and is still doing so today while using the munition delivery as an open threat to leverage their will.
You describe them as being not a perfect ally, when the truth is that they are simply hostile to Israel’s most existential needs as they have pivoted towards Iran and away from Israel. This is true even as they posture otherwise, and this is why Israel has moved to reestablish its own munition productions in the future to not need such reliance upon their false friend in Washington.
@Keztel you are correct Russia is the enemy to US and Israel.
The naval base in San Diego is a US base not a Democratic or GOP base.
Russia, China, Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas are the enemies who work against the US and Israel.
What happen in Georgia was the Russian’s infiltrated parts of Georgia and caused havoc. They baited the Georgian government who were allies with the west to response to their subversion and infiltration. So those who take the side of Russia try and claim it was Georgia which started the war.
A street analogy would be the big bully spits in your face and calls your mother a whore. Then says what you are going to do about it little man. Then the bully spits in your face again and corners you against the wall. You then punch the bully in the face. He then beats the crap out of you saying you started the fight.
Here is a clip on what happen in Georgia see the link for more information on the matter.
“With Georgia on the verge of joining NATO, but not yet subject to the organization’s collective defense agreement, Russia saw an opportunity to rein in its neighbor and demonstrate its military strength in the region. As Galeotti puts it: “The Russians built up their plans, built up their forces, and they ensured that their local proxies in South Ossetia needled Georgians enough, knowing that Sakaashvili….would rise to the bait.”
https://www.history.com/news/russia-georgia-war-military-nato
@Ted, you said the following which is not correct but actually trying to cover up that Iran & Russia had a serious relationship previously.
Russia had been supplying Iran nuclear technology and weapons long before this latest Ukraine war (started by Russia when it attacked Ukraine). Russia was not the US nor Israel’s friend before this war. Russia was and is in the enemy camp with Iran, do not be confused it is that simple!
The US is not a perfect ally to Israel but it is the ally who is supplying us weapons and defending Israel at the UN diplomatically. Russia is the enemy who sides with Iran and Hamas.
@Michael
@Reader
What is hysterical is that anyone might consider the NYT or Washington Post as anything more reliable in the West than RT is considered in Russia.
@Michael S.
Actually, it is not hysterical, it is tragic.
You don’t understand what is going on, and I don’t have the time right now to explain it, and you won’t agree with my explanation anyway.
I don’t RELY on RT, I check different sources every day, and this was the first thing I saw this morning.
Reader,
Your reliance on RT, long recognized as a propaganda arm of Putin’s Russia, has led you to a wrong conclusion. Here is the text of the UK-Ukraine defense agreement:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65a14a6ae96df50014f845d2/UK-Ukraine_Agreement_on_Security_Co-operation.pdf
There is no mention of any obligation on Ukraine’s part, to come to the defense of the UK. The closest thing to such a provision, is a statement that UK is committed to building up Ukraine’s military capabilities, so it would be ABLE, in the future, to help UK and other countries in the event of a Russian attack against them. Ukraine is not obligated to give such help; and no such provision is required, since the agreement envisions the eventual membership of Ukraine in NATO.
Ketzel, Ted and Peloni,
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2024/01/12/russia-anti-houthi-u-s-strikes-anglo-saxon-perversion-international-law/
The “independence” of South Ossetia and of Abkhazia have not been recognized by anyone but Russia, and by similar “statelets” created by Putin. Saying that Georgia “invaded” these Georgian protectorates is ludicrous.
This is hysterical:
The Ukraine War forced Russia to draw close to China and Iran. As a result it is only natural for Russia to side with Iran and against the US.
@ketzel2
Good questions.
The US has demonstrated itself as completely hostile to Russia. Why would Russia want to invite the US to flex its power in the Middle East, especially as the breakdown in US control over the seas only demonstrates US ineptitude or US complicity in threatening world trade with its Iranian realignment program. Notably, the US should have acted immediately after the Houthi’s began their war on the freedom of the seas. The question which should be raise is not why Russia doesn’t want the US to demonstrate its awesome naval power and competency, but rather, why hasn’t the US done so many many weeks ago. They haven’t even re-designated the Houthi’s as a terrorist group after attacking 27 vessels over the past months, but instead gave the Houthi’s notice of the impending attack. Don’t forget that the Iranian spy ship is in the Red Sea to help coordinate these attacks without any response by the US. Perhaps all of this has something to do with the Iranian spy which is openly operating in one of the highest positions of the Pentagon. All of this has only served to further damage America’s well failed performance as the world’s hegemon.
A cease fire will not serve Israel’s interests, but it will serve Russia’s. Russia wants to avoid the waves of immigration from the Middle East which may likely result from what will hopefully be a grander war in the region, should it be played out as needed. Avoiding such wars as is now unfolding in the Middle East is the very purpose which drew Russia to return to the Middle East ten years ago. Of course, ten years ago, Russia could focus her efforts more effectively in the Middle East and seek out partners across the spectrum because she had not been drawn into war with the US, but wars have consequences and Russia’s limited perspective in the Middle East is certainly to be understood in light of this.
Honestly, I couldn’t care less if Russia or the US supports Israel in this war. Israel should act in her own best interest which is to eliminate the threats which oppose her no matter who opposes her doing so, and the US, not Russia, has the only means of actually leveraging Israel to do otherwise. Russian opposition to Israel is neither substantive nor is it effective in changing Israeli policy. So Putin can spit in the wind, but we should not see it as a rainstorm. Only America has the ability to manipulate Israel into not pursuing her own self defense, but hopefully Israel will defy the State Dept and ignore their demands.
Regarding safe passage of the Red Sea, there is no one who benefits from skyrocketing prices and straining supply chains which are being weaponized to suit Iran. Certainly not Russia nor the US. The US, however is the world’s maritime power, capable of leveling all of Arabia if needed to reestablish open trade. Russia does not have the means to do anything to reopen the Red Sea traffic. Unfortunately, the ongoing detente between these two powers leaves Russia little choice but to publicly oppose the US, irregardless of the need of the Red Sea traffic to be reopened. Such posturing is, again, has no effective response on US actions, and yet, the Red Sea is still not safe to travel…
Russia has been isolated due to the efforts of the US, and I do not berate her for acting in accordance with her own national interests. This is what nation-states should do. I only wish that Israel could find the grit and temerity to act in her own national interest half as well as does Russia.
Why doesn’t Russia want the US to fight the Houthis? Why does Russia want a cease-fire in Gaza? If NATO backed off, would Russia support Israeli self defense and safe passage in the Red Sea? No.
@ketzel2
Your fears are misplaced as the villain in this story is not Russia gobbling up the world to conquer the West, but the West who has been gobbling up the world to conquer Russia. Indeed, if it is war with Russia which concerns you, the only solution for you might be to have Russia surrender as it is the West which has set its sights upon conquering Russia rather than the opposite. You speak of WWII, but fail to recognize that it is NATO which has actually spread across Europe to Russia’s door, not unlike the beginning of WWII. Those nations unwilling to capitulate to the economic enticement by the West were met with color revolutions and Georgia was not even the first of those who fell to such domination by the West. Markovsky demonstrates the clear truth that unlike your thesis which supposes that it is Russia which is dominating and conquering neighbor states, Russia did NOT attack Georgia, and your only response is that it doesn’t matter because Russia is a nuclear power with the means to destroy the US. All the more reason for us to recognize that possibility deserves a sobering respect and deal with them as if they do have the means of bringing down the West or at least seriously slaughtering many of their inhabitants. Instead, the US and its proxy war against Russia has advanced, refused any and all attempts of diplomacy, brilliant or otherwise, with the goal of overthrowing Russia, something which does in fact have an eerie resemblance to WWII.
So as you recognize that Russia does have the means to destroy San Francisco or London or Brussels, you suggest that we should ignore the reasons why we are where we are. The propaganda war which re-wrote history in the minds of those who ignored it and thus believe that Russia tried to conquer Georgia is the same propaganda war which overtook Ukraine and imposed a foreign controlled govt in that country with the goal of destabilizing Russia. Those who ignore history live to revisit it in new and terrible ways, which is why it would be useful for the world to recognize that an early domino in Russia’s war of world domination (Georgia) was in fact an unhistoric fantasy.
It is well that we concern ourselves with the possibility of Western threats against Russia could bring the world to the brink of WWIII, but the reality is that despite the fact that we find ourselves in the West, we should recognize that Russia has been attempting diplomatic resolutions with the West, and that those attempts have been met with false diplomacy on the part of the West time after time. Would you suggest that the German citizens of the 1930-40s should have ignored the brutality with which their govt was dominating the world because Russia had the means of destroying Berlin or Munich? For myself, I am too well interested in history to accept such threats as the basis of understanding where we are and how we might avoid the very real threat which is dominating the world.
We did not need to be where we are today, but if we are to avoid the disaster which you raise as a very real concern, the only way to do so is to recognize the truth about what has led us to where we are today and that it actually originated in the US State Dept and its globalist agenda, and not in the Kremlin, though I must admit that it gives me no comfort in recognizing these realities are as they are. Still, the best way to solve a puzzle is to look at things as they are rather than as we might wish them to be. Diplomacy requires understanding the perspectives of your opponent and what might motivate them towards avoiding war. It is most unfortunate that the West has chosen to ignore this fact. And yet, they have.
@ketzel2
There will be no WWIII if the US, Great Britain, et al. quit trying to implement the Mackinder Heartland Theory in order to take over “Eurasia” and, as a result, over the whole world but they won’t quit.
Personally, I am afraid that the US will nuke Russia first, and WWIII will look to most people like a walk in the park compared to what they will be facing after the US’ attack on Russia.
2 more reasons this Russia cheerleading is frivolous, in the leadup to WWIII. At the start of WWII, was there any point in kvetching about the unfairness of the Versailles Treaty? No point, too late.
Reason #2. I live in San Diego, and at any given moment, Monkey Werx or NY Prepper can identify Russian submarines off the coast of California. Those of you who live on the East Coast can pay attention to the Russian subs in your area. Russian subs, not Ukrainian subs. When the bombs start falling on this country, they will be Russians bombs, not Ukrainian bombs.
Even if we are spared by some brilliant last minute diplomacy, the situation in my previous paragraph is the thing we don’t want to happen. Bad Russian things. We are not worried about Ukrainian corruption, Zelensky’s Florida real estate, or Banderites in submarines off American coastlines, waiting to launch a pogrom.
So the learned Mr. Markovsky is interesting as usual, there may or may not be parallels with this or that war, but who is threatening to bomb us? Some of you history fans forget about the situation. And even more so for Israel.
Parallels or not, Russia is more of a danger to Israel than Ukraine. We are basically in WWIII, and everyone has taken a side. Regardless of reasons, I won’t support the anti-Israel coalition, including Russia.
There are some people who excuse Iran because back in the day, the USA overthrew a legitimate government because it was a threat to oil companies. Reasons, everyone has reasons.
So let’s see an article going into detail about why Iran is right, because Mossadegh. You want parallels. there you go. Iran good, US bad.
Yes, Ukraine had pograms, there are still Banderites. Still not a reason to support Russia, the enemy of Israel.
This either or stuff is misleading. Most people in Europe are antisemites, why the selective outrage? Please stop cheerleading for Russia. You are off balance. Ukraine may not be the good guy, but there are worse players, and one of the worst is Russia.
“….there are parallels to the Ukraine War,” I am glad somebody said it.
Can Markovsky explain why Russia called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council when victims of the Houthis fired back at them? Also why does Russia advocate a cease-fire in Gaza?
I appreciate new information about Georgia, etc., but even if this history were 100% true, it wouldn’t change the fact that Russia, right now, is acting in a hostile manner toward Israel. This is what is important. And why does Russia object to the current US and UK action in Yemen?
I’ll just throw in a data point left over from my years as a tourist. I never made it to Georgia, due to covid lockdowns, but I heard many reports from people who had been to Abkhazia. Tourists, and these were not political people but just tourists on Facebook groups, reported that Abkhazia was a wasteland compared to Georgia, the poverty and lack of development shocked them.
So from a pragmatic point of view, there are at least two reasons why Ukraine is to be preferred. One, Ukraine is no danger to Israel, while Russia is a major player in the coalition against Israel. Two, lands occupied or liberated by Russia turn into the third world. Bonus reason, Russia interferes with international trade by supporting the Houthies.
Some people here suffer from a forest and trees problem. The trees are the details and interpretations of history, the forest is the fact that Russia acts against Israel and the West consistently. Russia gave us the Palis, and they haven’t reformed.
I’ve noticed this about Markovsky before, Russki apologist. I don’t know how Zionists can do such advanced yoga to accommodate this.
It seems no matter how often this story is corrected, Neocon propaganda falsifying the facts of the Georgian war against South Ossetia remains to be more resilient than simple history. To be fair to those who are still unaware that it was the ‘nut Saakashvili’, as Markovsky well describes him, who was the only aggressor in this war and who broke the peace of Europe, the EU report demonstrating this fact was held back til a full year after the war, during which time the world falsely villainized Russia for doing what Saakashvili actually did. Furthermore, Saakashvili was never properly chastised for having waged a war of conquest on the South Ossetians in 2008 anymore than was the US proxy govt in Ukraine for having waged a war of conquest over the Dombas in 2014-22. When history is ignored, it is repeated, and this was unfortunately seen come to be over the past twenty years in Europe. Govt led psyops are specifically meant to re-write history in real time within the minds of those who live thru such events as the Georgian invasion of South Ossetia, making those who are addicted to the new Pravda MSM quite susceptible to being misled as to the history thru which they lived.
As a side note, the ‘nut Saakashvili’ became greatly unpopular in Georgia after his plan to entice the US into war with Russia failed. Also, the ‘reforms’ which Saakashvili pursued following the Rose (color) Revolution, only led to him filling the halls of power with his allies who became the new ruling Oligarchs of Georgia, rendering his promises of ‘reform’ quite false – this was another similarity which was to follow the Maidan color revolution less than a decade later.
Following Saakashvili’s fall from favor in Georgia, he fled criminal charges (including murder as I recall), and quite ironically he found himself being drafted into the Maidan govt of Ukraine – once a color revolutionary, always a color revolutionary. Saakashvili became governor of the city of Odessa (2015) and was quite popular with the fascist and nationalists elements controlling Ukraine at the time, but this too waned with time as his cronyist tactics came full circle once again and led to a falling out with Poroshenko. Saakashvili was finally deported from Ukraine (2018) and eventually found himself back in his native Georgia. He is currently in prison in Georgia where his greater crimes of conducting a war of aggressive conquest, something which he falsely charged Putin of having committed, has never been addressed.
I suggest there are parallels to the Ukraine War. Russia is accused as the aggressor but in reality, the West is to blame for the war.