GEORGIA CONFLICT 2008
Posted on 08/22/2008 1:19:22 PM PDT by Jeff Head
The US Navy AEGIS guided missile destroyer, the USS McFaul, was pictured passing through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles Straits into the Black Sea on Friday and is nearing Gerogia.
A potential flash point is developing around the Georgian port city of Poti where Russian forces continue to occupy areas around the city, where the American vessels would most likely unload their humanitarian supplies. The US views the pull back from Poti, in conjunction with other Russian pull backs, as a key to diffusing the situation.
Hopefully, tomorrow morning we will have learned that the Russians pulled out of Poti.
Things could get interesting around Poti soon. Hopefully the Russians will pull back and avoid any flash point.
The USS Mount Whitney and the USCGC Dallas are not too far behind...a day or two.
“Liberty Call” probably won’t be very fun.
It is interesting that the US is committing the flag ship of the US 6th fleet, the USS Mt. Whitney, to this operation, and that the US commander of NATO operations, General Braddock is on the groundf in Tiblisi.
Sending messages to the Russians about how serious we are about this IMHO.
If the sailors do meet the Russians, the Russians will try to sell them all their gear.
“Yuri, show him your grenade launcher. You get 4, 500 hundred dollar on eBay for this, comrade”
If the Russians withdraw, the reverse will bbe true.
Now we will see just how serious the Russians are about polarizing Europe.
Can anyone say "Berlin"
Will a wall go around S. Ossia?
I hope those USN ships have planned air cover.
Unless this thing heats up I'm willing to wager that lots of Georgian women will be more than willing to extend their personal gratitude to US Navy personnel.
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Unless this thing heats up I'm willing to wager that lots of Georgian women will be more than willing to extend their personal gratitude to US Navy personnel.
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Hopefully, that is the way it will go down.
If they don't have brothers!
Things are strict in Georgia. One reason the Ruskies don't like'em.
Being an old Cold Warrior, I never thought I’d live to see a USN warship in the Black Sea. Amazing times...
US AEGIS guided missle war ships don't carry no "humanitarian supplies!!!
(I know it's a double negative!)
The "new" Iron curtain.
Above all else there, they want to protect the tunnel exit into Georgia...but with the right weapons (which the Georgians did not have this time around) there is little they could do to keep it from being brought down IMHO.
Bat’umi.
We don’t have to port in Poti (man, that just sounds wrong).
We can unload supplies at Bat’umi. Georgia has at least 3 workable ports.
Thanks for your OUTSTANDING work, Jeff.
In addition to that, this is the 1st time I’ve ever bumped OUTSTANDING FReeper taglines!
Looking at this passage via Google Earth shows it to be a far removed, lonely place for a single warship. My lack of experience in the area I am sure is obvious, but looks like a long way away from help to me.
Agreed 100%. But with Georgia and Ukraine on our side in this...it was inevitable. And now that bastion of the Russian Navy has been invaded as a result of their own foolishness.
thanks Jeff for the valuable updates. I am glad that our President seems to understand how important this is.
Remember the Domino Theory...
What was up with that... “double your pleasure, double your fun, with doublemint, doublemint, doublemint gum?”
but it is clear to everyone why the McFaul is there. She bristles with US wepaons and technology and will watch over the other vessels.
But truth be told, the USS Mt. Whitney, although it can carry a lot of supplies and has impressive desalination (fresh water) capabilities, is also much more geared towards Command and Control and intelligence...and that will not be lost on the Ruskies as well.
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