Revisiting War Wounds And Revisionism
Nothing like a war to bring out a bit of rivalry, even if you’re both ostensibly on the same side. Yesterday marked the anniversary of the start of the five-day war with Georgia in 2008 which resulted in the independence (in Russia’s eyes) of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and the almost total freeze of diplomatic relations between Tsbili and Moscow. As such, observers are marking the occasion by ruminating over the ashes of the conflict. A new documentary called ‘The Lost Day’, broadcast on the Internet, has apparently raised some questions about then President Medvedev’s role in establishing a clear plan of action. He insists that there was not a tremble of prevarication in his response to the Georgian assault on South Ossetia and that the tanks were already rolling once he finally spoke talked to Putin.