From Counterpunch

How the U.S. Invited a War in South Ossetia

War a la Carte

By
ERIC WALBERG

...But
it’s also yet another made-in-Israel war. A thousand military
advisers from Israeli security firms have been training the
country’s armed forces and were deeply involved in the Georgian
army’s preparations to attack and capture the capital of South
Ossetia, according to the Israeli web site Debkafiles which has close
links with the regime’s intelligence and military sources.
Haaretz reported that Yakobashvili told Army Radio — in Hebrew,
“ Israel should be proud of its military which trained Georgian
soldiers.” “We killed 60 Russian soldiers just
yesterday,” he boasted on Monday. “The Russians have lost
more than 50 tanks, and we have shot down 11 of their planes. They have
enormous damage in terms of manpower.” He warned that the
Russians would try and open another battlefront in Abkhazia and denied
reports that the Georgian army was retreating. “The Georgian
forces are not retreating. We move our military according to security
needs.”sraelis
are active in real estate, tourism, gaming, military manufacturing and
security consulting in Georgia, including former Tel Aviv mayor Roni
Milo and Likudite and gambling operator Reuven Gavrieli. “The
Russians don't look kindly on the military cooperation of Israeli firms
with the Georgian army, and as far as I know, Israelis doing security
consulting left Georgia in the past few days because of the events
there,” the former Israeli ambassador to Georgia and Armenia,
Baruch Ben Neria, said yesterday. Since his posting, Ben Neria has
represented Rafael Advanced Defense Systems in Georgia .

Israelis
are active in real estate, tourism, gaming, military manufacturing and
security consulting in Georgia, including former Tel Aviv mayor Roni
Milo and Likudite and gambling operator Reuven Gavrieli. “The
Russians don't look kindly on the military cooperation of Israeli firms
with the Georgian army, and as far as I know, Israelis doing security
consulting left Georgia in the past few days because of the events
there,” the former Israeli ambassador to Georgia and Armenia,
Baruch Ben Neria, said yesterday. Since his posting, Ben Neria has
represented Rafael Advanced Defense Systems in Georgia ...