U.S. troops still in Georgia

Source: Stars and Stripes

U.S. personnel responsible for training members of the Georgian military remain stationed inside the volatile country, where fighting erupted Friday between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway province of South Ossetia.

The U.S. European Command said on Monday that there were no plans at this time to withdraw the U.S. military trainers from the country. There are still 127 U.S. trainers in Georgia, where the American forces had been preparing the Georgian army for operations in Iraq.

Meanwhile, U.S. civilians started to make their way out of the country over the weekend, according to the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi.

Convoys carrying family members of diplomats, government workers and ordinary citizens bound for the embassy in neighboring Armenia continued on Monday.



Read more: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=56704

Throw in Pelosi and it's a deal!

"Regarding the military personnel, EUCOM stated that they are not engaged in the conflict and are removed from where the fighting is happening.

In addition to the trainers, 1,000 soldiers from the Vicenza, Italy-based Southern European Task Force (Airborne) and the Kaiserslautern-based 21st Theater Sustainment Command, along with Marine reservists with the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines out of Ohio, and the state of Georgia’s Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry recently participated in "Immediate Response 2008."

That exercise, which had the U.S. troops operating from Vaziani, concluded on Thursday. That base, near the capital of Tbilisi, was bombed by Russian aircraft over the weekend, Georgian officials said."

Don't these troops become a sort of tripwire now, so that U.S. and or NATO can be pulled into the war at Bush's discretion?

even if we did hold up in a war in the end it would end in a nuclear Holocaust on both sides:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

completely and utterly damage what credibility the U.S. has left in the world.

They'll stay put until the Russians take over, then high-tail it out.

I don't think that they'll be used as a trip-wire. There may be cooler heads in the military here and with our allies than we have in the White House and the Naval Observatory. Shrub and Darth are lame ducks, remember.

Although, it would be best if they did in these circumstances. A rerun of WWI, with nukes, wouldn't be healthy.

and sure enough we will take the blame for being buddy buddy with Georgia gee thanks bush:argh: I hope that stupid missile shield business is off the table after this.

and that it wouldn't have taken much to get things going.

I'll be interested what comes out once the smoke clears.

Right now, I think that much of the news is really propaganda from one side or another.

We have much more nukes and more powerful nukes than they do.

...by Russian forces, and further reports of possible American dead.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3780195

"Whatever the truth of these reports, when this war comes to its (hopefully imminent) conclusion, the United States may find that both sides feel stabbed in the back."

Another epic fail for America under Bush**. It's horrifying to reflect on how far down the septic pipe he's been allowed to drag this country and democracy in general.

Georgia Troops.

Interesting.

>>"How Israel Has Helped Georgia Train Troops And Supply It With Weapons"<<

http://www.infolive.tv/en/infolive.tv-27235-israelnews-how-israel-has-helped-georgia-train-troops-and-supply-it-weapons

The allying Warmongers are at it again and trying to cover up and shift blame. What else is new? :eyes:

They shouldn't be surprised next time when Hezbollah takes on them with the latest russian hardware.
I thought the Israelis used to have a brain to know better.