Georgia's wounded troops tell of their surprise when Russia attacked

times ^ | 9/1/08 | james hider

[Flavius]

Major Malkhaz Dumbatze was in a celebratory mood. His 14 Georgian tanks had just taken control of the rebel South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali, and he was already looking forward to a trip to Israel to study new battle command systems. The jets flying over the city, where his men were mopping up Ossetian snipers, he took to be Georgian fighters.

Major Dumbatze is still going to Israel, but now it is to have reconstruction surgery on his legs. The aircraft he had spotted were in fact Russian, and one of them dropped two bombs on his armoured unit.

Speaking with difficulty because half his teeth had been blown out by shrapnel that exited through his throat, the battalion commander was undaunted about the future of his crushed army.

“I'm 100 per cent sure we'll recover from this,” he said, his wounded comrades on either side of his bed in a

Georgia's soldiers, trained by US and Israeli advisers, are gung-ho about returning to the fray, though some unanswered questions still hang in the air - such as the advisability of taking on their giant neighbour without adequate anti-air defences.

[Flavius]

not to beat a dead horse from an armchair generals spot. but those fancy drones should have showed them parked Russian columns just outside the amazing enclaves

not even that, anyone with any sort of guessing ability should have know that reason Russians live in contested areas is so that Russian armor can come to the rescue of the bereaved

this would be funny if it was not sad

[Mobile Vulgus]

Russia has never had to pay for its many crimes against humanity. They need to be ground int dust.

[Flavius]

well they have 10000 nukes and control energy to EU at this point

i am sure for a fact that EU discos are more concerned to have the lights on for the rave parties then to care about what happens to the third world nations