WHAT BARACK OBAMA SHOULD SAY ABOUT CONFLICT IN SOUTH OSSETIA

Instead of repeating the Bush line that Russia is to blame for the recent outbreak of fighting between Russia and Georgia, I want to see Barack condemn Georgian president Saakhasvili for starting this whole mess by ordering Georgian tanks and war planes to shell and bomb civilians in South Ossetia.
Saakhasvili's initiation of this bloody conflict rates him on a par with Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic. Saakhasvili turns out to be another war criminal.
The people of South Ossetia don't want to belong to Georgia which insists on its "sovereignty" over them. Instead of Georgia killing them to force them to belong, how about a referendum?
This is what Barack should say. Not that Russia is to blame, or that Georgia is pursuing "democracy," so the Georgians must be right.
Forget about U.S. "interests" in the area. Do what is right for the people in South Ossetia being killed and bombed by the Georgians. Protect them from these crazy Georgian nationalists. If they want to secede and they vote and win, let them.