I think that Yazeed was kidding Leof, Calm down.

As far as the coverage in American news... from what I've seen they most sources seem to agree with the Russian side, that is the Georgians started it by attacking Russian peacekeepers... But, at the same time they find reasons why Russia is still wrong to defend its own citizens.

The top two excuses I heard was that up till a few months ago there were American troops in Georgia (its not a good excuse cuz who cares? they're not there anymore).
And the second, of course, the Gas pipeline.

Anyway, I agree with Russia, and I'm confident 99% of American officials do as well, yet they can not, will not admit it because it goes against their agendas.