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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (82993)	8/11/2008 7:41:12 PM
From: John Metcalf	Respond to of 116555

Thanks for the message, Haim. Of course, I was talking about proximal cause -- the history of confrontation goes back to the dissolution of USSR, and back to stalinization, and back to the czars, and back much further in history. In the 12th and 13th centuries, Georgia was a touchpoint between East and West in the Crusades, commemorated in their current flag. Stratfor, the geopolitical analyst, has put up a free page for people following this conflict. stratfor.com There is a picture of Georgians firing rockets at South Ossetians. This is not to deny your point that Russia had built up troops on the border and has made provocations. It's important that some Americans question one-sided reports of sudden, unprovoked Russian attack, before we succumb to the banging of the war drums again.