attacked sleeping civilians? was that from Pravda? Reading all these posts about the poor Russians being provoked when they have been mobilizing massive forces for months is beyond funny. I wonder if any of you guys batting for Putin just because you hate America, have been to Russia, (or the Soviet Union) before 1991. Let me tell you they were risking their lives to escape for a very good reason. As for the yanks being present in Georgia before this has it clicked yet that Georgia is the 3 largest troop number in Iraq, and the yanks are training them to meet Nato standards as part of normal procedure?