Georgia and Russia - A Path to War?

As news of Russia's military incursion into South Ossetia today spreads, mixed reports are already coming in.

Expect more written on this later, when I've time to sit down and look at the pieces. Until then, here's a collection of news links to read:

Cleveland Leader - Russia invades Georgia
Telegraph - Georgia invades Russian Region
Ballgunner.freedomblogging - doesn't hate to say 'I told you so.'

and Sky News has a good overview article up on the history of the Georgia- Russia issue, although it's lacking for links.

Here's a Google newsfeed for general Georgia-related news

and the AP posted some powerful raw video footage:



EDIT:
Here's a video from a few months ago, of RFE/RL's Georgian Services Director talking about Russia-Georgia tensions in the Abkhazia region, where fighting has yet to break out (a Georgian drone was shot down there by a Russian fighter jet earlier this year)