I keep hearing people brandishing about this "2000 South Ossetians civiliains killed by the Georgians" as justification of the Russian invasion, showing how Georgia instigated this attack. What those people either fail to realize or willfully ignore is that figure was a ballpark number given to the media by the Russian generals who executed the invasion.
The only hard, non-propaganda data we have on the number of civilians killed by Georgian forces is from the South Ossetian main hospital, and they report 133 civilians dead. A preliminary number, but nowhere near what the Russians are claiming!
133
133, not 2000
Do you really believe the Russian propaganda?
Do you believe the Russian invasion was justified by the death of 133 civilians?
Source:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/84ae42fc-6f17-11dd-a80a-0000779fd18c.html