Georgians And North Americans

I am a selfish person.

This happened in May 07, 2002; a meeting with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Georgian Defense Minister General Lieutenant David Tevzadze.

"Rumsfeld: Good afternoon. I am here with the defense minister of the Republic of Georgia, Mr. Tevzadze. He has visited us here previously, and we have met on several occasions at NATO functions. Georgia, of course, is a member of the Partnership for Peace.

In addition, the United States has a military-to-military relationship with the Republic of Georgia, which has recently been enhanced in that we have, as you know, a number of trainers that have arrived very recently in Georgia. I think there are some 26 people there at the present time. And the first phase of the program will take it up to something in the neighborhood of 75 U.S. trainers to train the national staff, and then the second phase will go up to, I believe, 150 total trainers who will be involved with tactical training of four battalions.

I should add that the effort that we're engaged in with Georgia is something that is not a U.S.-only activity. We have the Turkish government armed forces have trainers in there, and Germany has been cooperative. Recently, there was a donors conference, and some 15 countries, many of which have offered to participate in various ways to assist the Republic of Georgia and their armed forces and the minister of defense in developing a better anti-terrorist capability for their armed forces.

So we're very pleased to have you here, Mr. Minister. We thank you for coming. And you're welcome to make any remarks you would like to.

Tevzadze: First of all I wish to thank your leadership of -- I mean defense establishment in the United States and also your political leadership because of the decision that helps not only Georgia; actually it helps for stability of the region itself, and it's very important. And also, it will help Georgia also to be helpful for others not only in that respect, to manage its own territory, but with more deeper involvement in anti-terrorist war.

Rumsfeld: Thank you. "

Rumsfeld says "Georgia, of course, is a member of the Partnership for Peace...."

What the hell is "Partnership for Peace"?

According to Wikipedia "Partnership for Peace (PfP) is a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) program aimed at creating trust between NATO and other states in Europe and the former Soviet Union; 23 nations are members"

And later this:

"Q: Is there al Qaeda influence in your country now?

Tevzadze: No. No, al Qaeda influence can't be in the country. "

So the reason given at that time to give military aid and expertise to Georgia is not Al Quaeda but something else.

Then this happened in STUTTGART, Germany, June 28, 2005.

" unique military training program is weaving a mosaic of understanding and teamwork for future coalition efforts in Iraq while boosting security in the Caucasus, an integral part of the former Soviet Union.

The $64 million Georgia Sustainment and Stability Operations Program, known as GSSOP and administered by U.S. European Command, recently began a 15-month run and is the answer to Georgia's commitment to deploy troops to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. "

The reason was valid at the time as Georgia with 4.5 million people sent 2000 soldiers to Iraq. But then the moment Georgia started attacking the Russian Protectorates US air lifted them back to Georgia.

Around April 22, 2008 Georgia accused that Russian MiG Shoots Georgian Drone. Russia says it is an Abkhaz L-39 training plane not a Russian MiG. We know that the drone is Israel made and the Georgian forces were trained by Israel Mercenaries.

May 08, 2008 "Abkhaz Claim Another Shootdown".

"According to the Abkhazian authorities this was the third Georgian drone it had shot down in the last five days.

"Today at 1705 (9:05 a.m. EDT) the Georgians grossly violated Abkhazian airspace with a pilotless drone over the Ochamchirsky region," Gary Kupalba, the Abkhazian deputy defence minister told Reuters by telephone.

"In response to this, anti-air defenses were ordered by the Defence Minister to shoot it down."

Abkhazia is a sliver of land wedged between the Black Sea and the Caucasus mountains. It broke free from Tbilisi in a war after the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union and is now the focus of a bitter row between Russia and Georgia.

Georgia itself is at the centre of a tussle for influence between the United States and Russia over the Caucasus -- a volatile, mountainous region which hosts a major pipeline pumping oil from Asia to Europe."

That is just for the record. I hope you understand what I am trying to do. Just get all the information and try to make it simple for me to understand.







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