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This is not at all surprising. This is WHY the US reacted so badly to the Russians stopping the Georgians shelling South Ossetia. When asked if an attack on South Ossetia was a prelude to an attack on Iran the State Duma Deputy said We know that this war in South Ossetia is somehow connected with the aggression of Washington against Iran and the possible bombing of Iran.

Russia went into Georgia to essentially deliver a message. There are more than 1000 US military special forces in Georgia doing exercising training Georgian troops before Georgia launched the attack on Ossetia on 8 August. There are 1000 Israeli troops at least private security firms and military advisors including advisors who are upgrading the Georgian air force in an installation near Tbilisi. That is what the Russian airplanes hit and they essentially made the military strike on South Ossetia militarily impossible by making incursions inside Georgian territory before they announced that they were calling a halt to their military operations.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has criticised Georgia relationship with the US in the aftermath of the trouble in South Ossetia In a news conference he addressed a wide range of issues surrounding the future of the Caucasus region including Abkhazia the role of the US and media coverage of the conflict. CREDIT syed_nadeemi.

US attempts to get Georgia into NATO coupled with its desire to erect an anti missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech republic would give it first strike apability towards Russia. Moscow sees this as a national security threat against the sovereignty of Russia. Political economist F William Engdahl believes this is the geopolitical endgame being played out in Georgia