Update: the information from Geiiga (in comments below) that Karl Rove made a special trip to the Crimea recently provides further evidence of the correctness of this analysis.
My last diary analyzed the likelihood that the attack on Ossetia was a classic"Wag the Dog" scenario, with the war being unleashed by Cheney to whip up good old war hysteria and bolster sorry Republican chances.
Target No. 1 of the Ossetia Attack: Obama.
The majority of Kossack poll participants agreed with the analysis.
Well it looks like at least one of Russia's leading political analysts agrees.
In today's Izvestia , one of the top 3 Russian newspapers, there is an analysis of the situation by Sergei Markov, director of the Political Studies Institute.
Here's the link to the Izvestia article.
Since I cannot just refer most of you, dear Kossacks, to the Russian version, I will need to provide translated quotations at length.