Georgia Inquiry Criticizes Military, But Not War

From Yahoo News/AP:

TBILISI (Reuters) – A Georgian parliamentary inquiry has said the military conduct of its August conflict with Russia was flawed but backed President Mikheil Saakashvili's attack on the breakaway South Ossetia region.

The report echoed domestic criticism of the military performance in the five-day war in which the Russian army drove Georgian security forces from pro-Moscow South Ossetia and advanced to within 45 km (30 miles) of the capital Tbilisi.

But the findings, published on Thursday, supported Saakashvili's decision to launch an air and ground assault on the rebel capital Tskhinvali on Aug 7 after months of skirmishes and Georgian accusations of Russian provocation.

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My Comment: The Georgian military had no chance. They were outgunned, out manned, and completely overwhelmed when the Russian Army started to move. They were simply not ready to fight the Russian Army, while the Russian Army is always ready to fight anyone else.