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WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US military was surprised by the timing and swiftness of the Russian military's move into South Ossetia and is still trying to sort out what happened, a US defense official said Monday.
Russian forces surged into the breakaway region last week after weeks of clashes, threats and warnings between Tblisi and Moscow which culminated August 6 in a two-day Georgian offensive into South Ossetia.
That the two countries were on a collision course was no surprise to anyone, but the devastating Russian response was not expected, officials said.
"We were tracking it earlier in that week and we knew that things were escalating," said a military official, who asked not to be identified. "I can tell you it moved quicker than we anticipated that first day."

2 вывода:
- Мерикосы все видели и наблюдали. И ничего не сделали чтобы остановить. Очередное подтверждение очевидного факта что руководству США наплевать на жизни людей вообще.
- Уровень подготовки наших войск, и, что гораздо более важно, уровень подготовки командования, гораздо выше чем кто-либо ожидал. Есть конечно еще недоработки, типа использования авиации не идеальное. Переоценка наших возможностей идет по всему миру, и это радует.