“The Georgians told them, ‘We’re done. Let us withdraw,” one American military official said. “But the Russians are not letting them withdraw. They are pursuing them, and people are seeing this.”
The official said that it appeared that the Kremlin’s objectives, at a minimum, had extended beyond securing the enclaves and now included the destruction of the Georgian armed forces, with an aim of intensifying the domestic pressure on Saakashvili.
“The Russians have gained all of their military objectives,” the American official said. “This is not about military objectives. This is about a political objective — removing a thorn in their side.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/world/europe/11georgia.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Lets see... the Georgians level Tskhinvali with indiscriminate grad missile attacks, pull back and say... ok, it's all over and everything is to go back to the way it was? (At least until Georgia decides to do it again.)
Sorry, Russia is going to teach them a lesson. It's only a short drive to Gori where the Georgian attacks originated from.
One curious note, the Georgians still have a statue in Gori of their local Hero, Uncle Joe!