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Re: Armenian Georgian Relations
Generally speaking, the US is still heavily pro-Georgian but is not too keen on re-arming the Georgians beyond some token material and training(small arms---yeah, so much for the training 
). The US does not want to further encourage Saakashvili; he is a loose cannon and has already embarrassed US, EU, NATO. The Russians are keeping a very close eye on the situation, are totally dialed in, and will have record of US armaments entering Georgia. The US makes stupid moves but will not burn their hands twice with Saakashvili, no matter how much arse he kisses.
Originally posted by Haykakan
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SAAKASHVILI: 'WE NEED ANTI-AIR, ANTI-TANK ARMS FROM U.S.'
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 31 Mar.'11 / 10:53
Some sales of small arms from the United States to Georgia are "in the
pipeline", but Georgia needs heavier weapons, President Saakashvili
told "The Cable" - a blog of The Foreign Policy magazine, during his
recent visit to the U.S.
"We don't' really need small arms, we have plenty of them and actually
there are many alternative sources to shop for them," he was quoted
in an article posted on The Cable on March 30. "What Georgia really
needs is something that it cannot get from anywhere else and that's
anti-air and anti-tank [weapons] and that's completely obvious
... that's where should be the next stage of the cooperation."
In September, 2010 U.S. Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, said
Washington had been "careful" in providing military assistance to
Georgia. He, however, also said "every sovereign country has the
right to provide for its own defense."
In June, 2010 Philip Gordon, the assistant secretary of state for
European and Eurasian affairs, rejected that the U.S. had arms
embargo on Georgia. He, however, said that Washington's focus after
the August war was on "reducing tensions" and trying to get Russian
to follow its commitments under the ceasefire agreement and to respect
Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
"We don't think that arms sales and military equipment is the path
to the situation in Georgia that we're trying to get to," Gordon said.
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I just wanted to point this article out to illustrate why sticking to Russia is far better for Hayastan then going over to the USA. The USA sold out Georgia the first chance it got and it would sell us out even faster. Russian interests in Armenia's region are far greater then the USA interests and Russia cannot afford to seel us out.
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 31 Mar.'11 / 10:53
Some sales of small arms from the United States to Georgia are "in the
pipeline", but Georgia needs heavier weapons, President Saakashvili
told "The Cable" - a blog of The Foreign Policy magazine, during his
recent visit to the U.S.
"We don't' really need small arms, we have plenty of them and actually
there are many alternative sources to shop for them," he was quoted
in an article posted on The Cable on March 30. "What Georgia really
needs is something that it cannot get from anywhere else and that's
anti-air and anti-tank [weapons] and that's completely obvious
... that's where should be the next stage of the cooperation."
In September, 2010 U.S. Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, said
Washington had been "careful" in providing military assistance to
Georgia. He, however, also said "every sovereign country has the
right to provide for its own defense."
In June, 2010 Philip Gordon, the assistant secretary of state for
European and Eurasian affairs, rejected that the U.S. had arms
embargo on Georgia. He, however, said that Washington's focus after
the August war was on "reducing tensions" and trying to get Russian
to follow its commitments under the ceasefire agreement and to respect
Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
"We don't think that arms sales and military equipment is the path
to the situation in Georgia that we're trying to get to," Gordon said.
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I just wanted to point this article out to illustrate why sticking to Russia is far better for Hayastan then going over to the USA. The USA sold out Georgia the first chance it got and it would sell us out even faster. Russian interests in Armenia's region are far greater then the USA interests and Russia cannot afford to seel us out.
). The US does not want to further encourage Saakashvili; he is a loose cannon and has already embarrassed US, EU, NATO. The Russians are keeping a very close eye on the situation, are totally dialed in, and will have record of US armaments entering Georgia. The US makes stupid moves but will not burn their hands twice with Saakashvili, no matter how much arse he kisses.
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