A New Conflict

So for those of you who haven't been watching the news, Russia has invaded its former satellite country: Georgia. With many leaders around the world condemning Russia's behavior, Russia's side of the story seems to be receiving very little press. The conflict started when Georgia sneak attacked a seperatist region within the state after promising Russian mediated talks and a ceasefire. So what I don't understand is how Georgia is being made out to be the victim of an anti-Nato, anti-sattelite conflict when they practiced poor decision making. Granted Russia reacted with overwhelming force for what the situation was, but what does that remind us of? Maybe our own Iraq War had a similar disproportionate scope. Regardless this proves that we are not the only country in the world capable of unilateral action and you can expect a longer post on this issue after some more research. The BBC has a good timeline of the recent conflict here.