There's still thousands of Russian troops in Georgia. Seems to me that both times Russia took the regions that so far wanted to be taken back.
If that is how you choose to spin and re-direct what I plainly said to the contrary.
The Russians in 2008 had advanced well beyond South Ossetia and Abkazia, and after Bush's quick re-deployment of battle-tested Georgia troops, Russia broke off its advance and retreated to the two Russia-friendly provinces. Fact.
