>like all these patriotic people in cyrillic LJ give a fuck about ossetian civilians.

They are idiots.

>to have 150 combat ready armored units in one place a month of planning is neeed.

Not really; this army is permanently stationed in North Ossetia. And in any case, there was ample warning -- the mess has been brewing for a couple of months.

>i think it's something to do with domestic politics

Probably. But it's Georgian domestic politics, not Russian. It looks like it was them who chose the exact time. It also looks like they (he) miscalculated. He doesn't understand Russia, he probably didn't expect such a drastic reaction. Which is really stupid, because the only thing Putin knows how to do is to react drastically (think Beslan).

The funny thing is, probably the only permanent solution is to give up S. Ossetia (which is undefendable, and has a very small population anyway, and modern Georgia is unlikely to really start ethnic cleansing) and to have Georgia give up Abkhazia in return (which really is a fully independent country with defensible borders and a responsible government). But this is the least likely thing to happen.