Craig Murray gives a FAQ on the Georgia/Russia crisis

The former Ambassador to Uzbekistan, who was removed from his post for leaking a report to the FT regarding torture used to gain evidence for MI6 has written an interesting post on his blog on this current crisis, he is properly a better judge of the situation that most people in the "blogosphere" (I hate that term....) he's a quick extract: from "Uncle Craig's" post

Are We Entering A New Cold War?

Possibly. Although thankfully less people are now dying in Georgia, in diplomatic terms the crisis is in fact worsening fast. The formal US signing of the agreement to station missiles in Poland was rapidly followed by recognition by the Russian parliament of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Those are both major inflammatory acts for the other side, and it is difficult to see how the current administrations in Russia and USA can pull back on either the missiles or the recognitions.

More significantly, Russia announced it was increasing its troop numbers in the port of Poti. This effectively kills the six point peace treaty Russia signed. Almost certainly, Russia will argue that its commitment to withdraw troops from Georgia does not include Abkhazia or South Ossetia as it now views them as not part of Georgia. But Poti is not in Abkhazia or South Ossetia, so there is no figleaf of justification for the Russian occupation there. This is straightforward military aggression against a sovereign state.

You can read the rest here I recommend you read the rest of his blog as it is very interesting!