Saakashvili: we started the war

Saakashvili: we started the war

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For the first time ever, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has admitted that his country started the military conflict in South Ossetia in August. But the Georgian leader is adamant the action was justified. He was testifying before a parliamentary commission investigating the five-day war.

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Took him a while didnt it. I was so peeved at this man's reactions and accusations towards Russia, as if blaming them, when it was clearly his forces which marched into S.Ossetia first.

But, why would he admit it now...

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“We did start military action to take control of Tskhinvali and other unruly areas. But we took this difficult decision to fend off our territory from intervention and save the people who were dying. It was inevitable,” Saakavili said.

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This is a good watch about the conflict

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weird, because I remember a news story on one of our local tv news during the conflict where he admitted that he had started it and was calling for international help to pressure Russia into ending it.