[Lukasz]

"I do not want troops of third countries American troops to be deployed in Georgia after our withdrawal. This would threaten our security and the Georgian partners understand it," Putin said commenting on the withdrawal of Russian bases from Georgia.

Western conspirators once again wants to destroy Russia! Bloody capitalists :-)

[Lukasz]

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[Brilliant]

Let's make a deal with Putin. No American troops in Georgia. Instead, let's put the American troops in Russia, near the North Korean and Chinese borders.

[GSlob]

Well, it ought to be a matter for the Georgians to decide, not for Putin.

[raivyn]

Bah, I could care less what Putooie wants.

[BobCNY]

But Putin has no problem supplying Iran and Venezula with arms that will be used against America.

We should lease the bases once the Russians leave.

[sergey1973]

I agree with the position, that it's up to the republic of Georgia to decide if they want foreign troops on their soil. After all, Georgia is a sovereign country. It tries to build democratic system, and they should have a right to invite the troops from established democracies if it makes them feel safe.

[AdmSmith]

Check out what is happening (silently) in Azerbaijan after the decision on April 12. Goodbye Russia...

[Camel Joe]

Time for the bear to go into hibernation, and it can take that "little" man with it! I decided to buy Polish vodka in protest to Putin and have found it to be VERY good. Lets all give a big "welcome to the free world" to Georgia.

[Plutarch]

Hard to discuss this stuff without a map:

Georgia has a very strategic location. I am sure that Iran wouldn't like the idea of U.S. bases in Georgia.

[Lukasz]

I invite you to the disscussion, you cannot miss the Georgian thread.

[DYR]

The Cold War fears are still strong in Russia, and they do feel uneasy with US bases all around their borders. Russian media not once mentioned this as the attempt of US strategic encirclement of Russia, which, in Russian public opinion, is being done to perform a sneak attack and eliminate Russia entirely, when the moment is right. Most Russians would treat US base in Georgia with similar feeling that Americans felt when they discovered USSR missiles at Cuba.
The more bases US establishes around Russia, the stronger the opinion that US quietly prepares a war to finally wipe Russia off the map. This topic is now being widely discussed in Russian discussion boards and media, and worse, it is being actively heated up by certain nationalistic and pro-communist circles. They use the fact of continuing US bases establishments to say that aggression by US and NATO forces is a matter of time, to support their political agendas. Problem is, more and more people buy into it.
Perhaps, it would not be very wise for US now to expand its military presence too close to Russian borders (unless, well, it really is US goal to wipe the Russia off the map some time in the future). The situation is delicate.