This is part 2 of 3 of Gorbachev on the Larry King show. In the first segment, Gorbachev presents a precise timeline of events in S. Ossetia. Contrary to the U.S. narrative of a Russian "invasion" of Georgia, Georgia initiated a military crack down on S. Ossetia and Russia responded.

In this segment Gorbachev attributes Georgian motivation primarily to the build of of high tech weapons supplied to Georgia by the United States.