On the anniversary of the outbreak of the August 2008 Russo-Georgian War, Speaker of Parliament Shalva Papuashvili stated that the war revealed two different worlds: the first being the heroism and self-sacrifice of Georgian soldiers and civilians, and the second being the treacherous nature of the puppet regime.
“The betrayal of a regime that dragged Georgia into this war back then, that subsequently abandoned wounded soldiers on the battlefield, abandoned fallen soldiers on the battlefield, abandoned the civilian population on the battlefield, while itself remaining occupied, as we saw in those days, with laughter and smirks.”
According to Papuashvili, the war would not have happened if Saakashvili’s puppet regime had not been in power in Georgia at the time, but rather a patriotic force like “Georgian Dream.”
“There would have been no war, no destruction, and no casualties. And if there had been no 2008 war, in all likelihood, there would have been no war in Ukraine either,” Papuashvili added.