Re: Sacking of two Georgian military bosses
Right now Saakashvili has a bigger issue than maintaining appearances abroad. His job and indeed his life depend on his ability to explain away the results of his monumental military blunder. As time goes on, this task will become only harder. Following the war, Saakashvili moved aggressively against high-profile individuals who can potentially challenge his presidency and unite Georgia's neutered opposition. He refused to drop charges against his former defense minister, who now lives in exile in France. He hinted at a possible death threat against the parliament's opposition leader. And only yesterday Georgian police arrested the son of Georgia's first president for "being a Russian agent".

Saakashvili is scared, stupid and, therefore, dangerous. Perhaps even more so than a month ago. I would not rule out a second war between Russia and Georgia a year down the road. It may not be a large-scale invasion by Russia, but a low-intensity sustained aerial bombardment campaign against high-value targets a la Israel is certainly a possibility. Especially so if the US and the NATO continue supplying Saakashvili's army with more weapons. Sooner or later Russia will be forced to once again prune that stockpile.