But you won't hear this from McCain or Palin, nor Obama or other democrats, who all parrot the LIE of the neocon's official story.

A bold republican Congressman is quoted, virtually paraphrasing the piece written by Pat Buchanan earlier (which I clipmarked, "Georgia Started It, Russia Finished It"). The tide against the propaganda is turning. Buchanan, Savage, now this Congressman and many more.

Now this is from a Russian news agency, so to be objective I see no citation of the title that "US Intelligence" (not just the Congressman quoted) takes this view. But then the MSM does not report intelligence usually. They usually parrot the neocon propaganda.

Note the unreported toll on civilians in just a few days in S. Ossetia, from Georgia's assault!

More than 1500 civilians were killed in that time, according to South Ossetian authorities.

Assistant Secretary of State Dan Fried said U.S. intelligence was still working on an exact chronology of the events of August 7 to verify Georgian claims that Russian forces were in Roki Tunnel, linking Russia to South Ossetia, before Georgia attacked. Fried said that the Bush administration had forcefully and repeatedly warned the Georgians against beginning military actions against Russia, and he was unable to say why Georgia chose to ignore that advice.....Nonetheless, Fried acknowledged that supporting Georgia was in U.S. interests, even if it considers the countries actions foolish.

his further political defense on the issue:

Rohrabacher declined to single out McCain for criticism, instead saying that both McCain and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, are wrong on the issue.

"I don't expect to be secretary of state in either administration," Rohrabacher said. "People can always count on me to speak the truth."

Rohrabacher said he had been to Europe during the congressional recess in August and had been briefed by "a number of reliable sources, all of whom indicated to me the Georgian military had broken the truce."