А как вам такой поворот:

http://top.rbc.ru/politics/10/09/2008/240398.shtml

Американская разведка подтвердила правоту действий России во время грузино-югоосетинского конфликта. По ее данным, последние боевые действия в Южной Осетии были начаты Грузией, и поэтому позиция России является правильной. Об этом во вторник на слушаниях в конгрессе США заявил республиканец Дана Рорабакер.

"Все разведывательные источники, с которыми я говорил, а я говорил со многими из них во время (парламентских) каникул, подтверждают, что недавние боевые действия в Грузии и в ее сепаратистских провинциях были начаты Грузией", - подчеркнул Д.Рорабакер, передает телеканал "Вести-24".

По его словам, "грузины, а не русские, нарушили перемирие, и никакие разговоры о провокациях и прочих вещах не могут изменить этот факт".

Д.Рорабакер назвал "фиговым листком" попытки возложить вину за развязывание военных действий на Южную Осетию. "Русские правы, мы неправы. Грузины это начали, русские этому положили конец", - заключил политик.


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In a separate hearing on Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives, several lawmakers from both parties criticized the Bush administration approach as anti-Russian and to the detriment of U.S. interests.

"Our friends in Russia are as important as our friends in Georgia. We must find a balance," said Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat. She said $1 billion dollars in aid for Georgia was "over the top" and hoped Congress would cut it.

"The Russians are right! We're wrong! Georgia started it, the Russians ended it," Rep. Dana Rohrbacher, a California Republican, told Assistant Secretary of State Dan Fried, who testified on administration policy to both the Senate panel and the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Mr. Rohrbacher said the situation with Georgia's breakaway regions was clearly analogous to Kosovo, which was part of Serbia until it declared independence in February with U.S. support. For U.S. officials to keep saying there was no correlation "undermines our credibility," he said.

The government in Georgia, home to pipelines carrying oil and gas from the Caspian Sea to world markets, is staunchly pro-American and wants to join NATO. Russia opposes NATO expansion so close to its borders.

Other lawmakers said events in Georgia had placed a question mark over Washington's ability to protect its allies. "Administration policy toward Russia seems to be: 'Speak loudly, carry a small stick,'" said House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman, a California Democrat.

Both Mr. Edelman and Mr. Fried said that to their knowledge, U.S. military intervention in the conflict was never discussed. They also stressed that high-ranking U.S. officials – Fried said he was one of them – had warned Georgia's leaders before the conflict broke out that military action would be a mistake.