"Georgia loses the fight with Russia, but manages to win the PR war"
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4518254.ece
Winners
— Vladimir Putin: he made it clear to the world that Georgia had been the aggressor and that his soldiers were intervening to stop “genocide”
— Dmitri Medvedev: he announced the end of the war to coincide with the arrival in Moscow of President Sarkozy, providing him with a diplomatic coup
— Russian military might: as a contest it was Russia 10, Georgia 0
Losers
— Mikhail Saakashvili: the picture of the Georgian President cowering from a Russian helicopter said it all
— The Georgian people: thousands paid with their lives or had their homes destroyed because of their Government’s misadventure
— Nato membership: Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, the Secretary-General, insisted that the war did not mean that Georgia had sacrificed its chance of joining the alliance, but it will not have improved its chances
— Western leaders: despite the diplomatic efforts and statements of outrage, they were outmanoeuvred by Moscow, unable to offer even a hint of military combat assistance for the would-be Nato member
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08/13/08 03:10:21 pm