Why was Cheney's Guy in Georgia Before the War?

By James Gerstenzang

What was a top national security aide to Vice President Dick Cheney doing in Georgia shortly before Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's troops engaged in what became a disastrous fight with South Ossetian rebels -- and then Russian troops?

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US military trained Georgian commandos

The revelation, based on recruitment documents and interviews with US military trainers obtained by the Financial Times, could add fuel to accusations by Vlad­imir Putin, Russian prime minister, that the US had "orchestrated" the war in the Georgian enclave.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bdffd9a6-7b71-11dd-b839-000077b07658.html