Posted on 08/20/2008 8:21:41 AM PDT by maquiladora
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — The Bush administration says Russian troops are beginning to withdraw from war-battered Georgia but that the pullback is not significant and needs to increase.
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You posted three sentences of a four sentence story.
Where is the President flying to now?
sounds symbolic . . . the real question is whether they leave significant armored forces in the country manning key choke points.
Medev said earlier today only 500 Russian troops would be left in Georgia by Friday . . . guess we’ll just have to wait n’ see
CNN just had a bit up about “US sending Military aid to Georga” but I did not see what it consisted of.
This the same “Bush Administration” that told us last week they were sending in military aid?
Same one that said the Russian withdrawal was starting Monday, “fer sure?”
Though I wish it were so, I’m not confident they are going to back down and leave Georgia. Did any of you happen to catch “Russia: The Angry Giant” on Fox this weekend? I recorded it and finally got to watch it last night. As the number two oil supplier in the world the have repositioned themselves for power and have ramped up their military. Can you imagine Obama in power if we have to go up against Russia?! He’d roll over and play dead and wait for “Grandma” and “Michelle” to tell him how to proceed, since they’d be his national security strategists ...
I missed the story that said the Bush administration had said anything about sending military aid. Link please.
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