Appropriate Humanitarian aide getting ready to leave the factory.
Posted on 09/06/2008 6:35:01 AM PDT by maquiladora
ABOARD THE USS MOUNT WHITNEY (AP) — The flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet has delivered 17 tons of humanitarian aid to a strategic Georgian port — and Russian troops have been watching every move.
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U.S. Naval officers say a Russian warship trailed the American ship across the Black Sea. They also say Russian military forces onshore were keeping a close eye on the Mount Whitney from a position just 3 miles away...
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Hopefully in the 'economical' 500, 1000, and 2000 lb 'boxes'.
With lots of 7.62 syringes and 40mm specimen bottles for the Georgians to use as needed.
Has Russia ever really left Georgia? I don’t recall reading that. I do remember lots of stories about how there were going to go, but not that they had left.
The Georgians need a couple of humanitarian A-10’s
There are still thousands of Russian troops in South Ossetia (which Russia no longer sees as part of Georgia) but there are also Russian checkpoints outside of that region like outside the port of Poti.
If they are watching us to see if we give the Georgians weapons, then we ought to fly weapons in. We need to equip the Georgians with anti-tank weapons and anti-aircraft missiles, SAMs, etc.
Poti! I take it the Russians have moved out? Or were they still there, glaring from the sidelines?
Appropriate Humanitarian aide getting ready to leave the factory.
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