14th August 2008, 10:41 AM
(This post was last modified: 14th August 2008, 11:16 AM by alien space marine.)
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If I was Georgia, Id go into the fetal position and wait till the Russian Bear loses interest, If it waisnt for nuclear weapons the world would be heading into a world war.
Something we might see next is a Russian sponsored Armenian uprising, In southern Georgia, Those Ajari's might also go haywire.
It seems that the Russian army has taken the time to sabotage and disrupt as much Georgian infrastructure as possible.
Quote:The US defence chief has warned relations with Russia could be damaged for years if Moscow does not step back from "aggressive" actions in Georgia.
But Robert Gates said he did not see a need for US military force in Georgia.
His words came as Moscow said the idea of Georgian territorial integrity was an irrelevance.
Georgia's breakaway regions - Abkhazia and South Ossetia - would never agree to being part of Georgia again, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
Earlier, Russia said it had began handing back the town of Gori to Georgian police but insisted its troops would stay in the area.
See map of the region
A Russian general said his forces were there to remove weaponry and help restore law and order in Gori, which lies some 15km (10 miles) from South Ossetia and on a key route to the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.
The BBC's Natalia Antelava in Tbilisi said plans for a joint patrol force by the Georgian police and Russian military had failed.
Our correspondent says there are also reports of Russian military vehicles moving around the town of Senaki and the Georgian Black Sea port of Poti in western Georgia.
US military aircraft unload relief supplies at Tbilisi airport
Russia has questioned what is in US aid deliveries to Georgia
Moscow had earlier denied the reports but Russia's deputy chief of staff, Gen Anatoly Nogovitsyn, told a televised news conference it was legitimate for Russians to be in Poti as part of intelligence-gathering operations.
If I was Georgia, Id go into the fetal position and wait till the Russian Bear loses interest, If it waisnt for nuclear weapons the world would be heading into a world war.
Something we might see next is a Russian sponsored Armenian uprising, In southern Georgia, Those Ajari's might also go haywire.
Quote:Georgia's coast guard said Russian troops had burned patrol boats and destroyed radars and other equipment at the port city of Poti, home to Georgia's main naval base and a major hub for oil exports to Europe.
It seems that the Russian army has taken the time to sabotage and disrupt as much Georgian infrastructure as possible.