[lbo-talk] Sad Leninism.

[Gar Lipow]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 4:22 PM, John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Georgia claims they have suffered 129 casualties, mostly soldiers.
> Russia and South Ossetia claim ~1500 to 2000 deaths, all civilians, at the
> hands of Georgian troops.

According to Human Rights Watch, the actual number of deaths at the
hands of Georgian troops is more like 44 than 1,500 to 2,000.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/13/georgia  Don't know if we
should  believe either figure. But since the higher number was used as
justification for an invasion surely we should not automatically take
Russia's word for it.