13/08/08 WASHINGTON :The White House said on Tuesday it was 'irrelevant' who was to blame for the bloody conflict between Georgia and Russia and that all combatants must now pull back and end the fighting. "I don't think I'm going to get into the position of blame," spokesman Tony Fratto said when asked whether Tblisi's August 6th offensive had triggered the crisis. "I think it's actually an irrelevant question."
"Regardless, the point is, at this point, is that the parties should pull back" to where they were prior to Georgia's push into South Ossetia late last week.