Originally Posted by SBR Richard

yea, i was reading about this thursday night/friday morning.. the article stated that the georgians were shelling outside the town, waiting for everyone to leave.

i highly doubt they would have risked alienating the population of such a town, especially since they want to get into NATO.

Believe it or not, people in europe and north america do not like people dying. there would be a lot said about 1300 dead in a night