Comments on: U.S. Navy Docks In Key Georgian Port

Flagship Mount Whitney Arrives With Humanitarian Aid, Russia Says No Military Response

[PulSamsara]

If you don''t like it you borscht slurping steppe peasants - do something about it.

Remember the ''Whitney'' !

[georgew1956]

I''LL BET WHEN YOU PLAY POKER YOU LOSE A LOT.

[zhynaryll]

Seems to me that most of the comments here come from a couple of leftist doves who''d rather hide in their home than face reality. In fact, I believe the response of the West has been wimpish, at best! I''d have sent an aircraft carrier instead of a cruiser and dared the Russians to examine the cargo!! We owe them nothing but contempt, and there''s no reason to allow them access to anything we do that doesn''t directly concern them, and the last time I checked, Poti was still in Georgia!! We should do whatever is prudent to get Georgia back on its feet and stabilize the situation over there. We dropped the ball in the first place in supposedly not knowing Russia was ready to invade. How did we miss that??? Hmmmm...Iraq, maybe?? Rebuild our intelligence services and stop this Russian adventurism cold!!

[hacker2xy]

If it offends the Kremlin... too bad!!


Posted by crusader1200....get ready for a 1001 degree temperatures outside your trailer!!

[thegoodtexan]

crusader1200 you talk big. I hope you have a strong bunker to hide in. However, the rest of us don''t necessarily want to take part in your dirty little war.

[crusader1200]

About time to that the US is taking a stronger stance with the Russians. Russia should not be allowed to dictate with whom the Georgians deal with or what aid is given for reconstruction (including replenishment of military hardware).

If it offends the Kremlin... too bad!!

[thegoodtexan]

The S-300 is an awesome defense system, however it is an old model. Russia is willing to export the S-300 system, but keep their new top secret S-400 system for their own defense. The S-400 system has twice the range of the old system and loads of new anti-stealth features. If Iran provides Russia with an island in the strait of Hormus for a navy base, they could protect the whole west coast of Iran and control the strait using S-400 defense systems.

[hacker2xy]

They did capture Israeli intelligence people and by report, treated them very brutally. The Russians must have been reading Bush%u2019s orders on torture! Anyway, there is genuine terror in the halls of the Department of State, the Pentagon and the White House that terrible things could emerge.

[hacker2xy]

%u201C When the Russians chased the Georgians back into their own country, our government took great fright and ordered all American troops out of the area. Some of these troops took part in the attack on South Ossetia and Washington was afraid that Americans and Russians would start shooting at each other. As this could lead to immediate war breaking out between the two countries and as Russia has the ability to nuke the *** out of us; (unlike other small countries we habitually threaten and bully) we ran like frightened deer. We also left behind all kinds of highly compromising documents, code machines, etc. to keep Russian military intelligence for days.

[thegoodtexan]

This is all window dressing. While it gives the neocoms something to crow about and keeps them busy running in circles, screaming and shouting, the real moves are taking place in the ports of Syria, Venezuela and Cuba. These are not window dressing, but real permanent navy bases. Now that Russia is no longer a partner to NATO, by the choice of NATO, Russia has also been freed to open Russian Navy bases on the Straits of Hormus in Iran. Every time Bush makes a move, it seems that the Russian chess masters have been planning twelve moves in advance. In the mean time, the American public is preoccupied discussing children born out of wedlock in the presidential campaigns.

[jgunther7]

Medvedev is being very shrewd in letting the US Navy play their games in the Black Sea, and to let them save face in this way. That will defuse the situation and keep them occupied while he continues with his more advanced plans.

[hacker2xy]

"If Tehran obtained the S-300, it would be a game-changer in military thinking for tackling Iran. That could be a catalyst for Israeli air attacks before it is operational.

[prudentvoter]

No big deal. This is no different than if the Russian Navy docked a ship armed with nuclear cruse missiles in Cuba. What goes around comes around.

[hacker2xy]

"This is a system that scares every Western air force."
- Dan Goure, a long-time Pentagon advisor

[hacker2xy]

Russia may proceed with plans to sell advanced S-300 air defense systems to Iran under a secret contract believed to have been signed in 2005, a Russian analyst said on Monday.

[hacker2xy]

South Ossetia was attacked by Georgian forces on August 8. Hundreds of people died in the assault, and Russia subsequently launched an operation to expel Georgian forces from the republic. Moscow concluded its operation to "force Georgia to peace" on August 12.

[tombost2]

World should support Georgia. Russia''s aggressive actions and its imperialistic goals will reach Western Europe pretty soon. Russia was begging US and Europe for money in 1991 after the collapse of USSR. But look at it now. Rich with oil and gas now it wants to recreate Soviet Union. Don''t you think that Russia will not be satisfied only with Georgia and will expand its influence to dominate the world?

[hacker2xy]

Ivashov said it was difficult to predict how other countries would react to a conflict with Iran, but according to him, "old Europe" would be reluctant for events to develop and to some degree would become Russia''s allies.

[hacker2xy]

Col. Gen Leonid Ivashov, said the likelihood of a war against Iran was growing with each passing day, "As a result, the situation in the region will become destabilized," and added "causing chaos and instability" was becoming Washington''s official policy line.

[hacker2xy]

Col. Gen Leonid Ivashov, president of the Academy of Geopolitical Studies, told a news conference at RIA Novosti, "We are close to a serious conflict - U.S. and NATO preparations on a strategic scale are ongoing. In the operation the West conducted on Georgian soil against Russia - South Ossetians were the victims or hostages of it - we can see a rehearsal for an attack on Iran. There is a great deal of "new features" that today are being fine tuned in the theater of military operations."