No Battle for Georgia ?

BBC News: Reports on the Russian decision to end its war with Georgia. It was surprising that Russia did not follow through and take Georgia, once President Bush was back in the White House and put Russia on notice due to its actions the Russians flipped on the War. I guess they don't want to be thrown out of the G8, banished from Europe, and have the Ukraine in NATO. On the strategic level this could be a mistake by Russia, it showed that the Russians blinked, so this wont be 1956, 1968, perhaps the Russia deep down knows it cant pull this kind of stunt post Cold War. They should stick to using economic pressure and keep the troops on base. I wish the BBC would stop acting like a branch of the Kremlin Press Office, noticed they seem to stress the Russian side often, not a great surprise after Iraq. It can be argued that we will see endless Diplomatic moves over the next few days, weeks, months, its better than War, but expect the occasional skirmish.