Ex-Diplomat Says Georgia Started War With Russia - NYTimes.com

Original: Ex-Diplomat Says Georgia Started War With Russia - NYTimes.com

Ex-Diplomat Says Georgia Started War With Russia - NYTimes.com: "A former confidant of President Mikheil Saakashvili, Mr. Kitsmarishvili said Georgian officials told him in April that they planned to start a war in Abkhazia, one of two breakaway regions at issue in the war, and had received a green light from the United States government to do so. He said the Georgian government later decided to start the war in South Ossetia, the other region, and continue into Abkhazia"