Wired asks: Did the US Prep Georgia for War with Russia?
Yep.
The USA acknowledged that Russia had virtually defeated the US, but not the Georgian army in South Ossetia. US instructors have spent four years training the Georgian army for an attack against Russian citizens. The US administration refused to help Saakashvili, because the true goal of the new game in the Caucasus is absolutely different.
Experts of Stratfor, the so-called Shadow CIA, stated that the Russian army had not only preserved its battling capacity but also proved to the whole world that was it capable of defeating an armed enemy, trained by US instructors.
And, translated from Izvestia:
The Russian news website Izvestia is reporting that an African American soldier/mercenary has been captured by Russian forces. He was captured with a number of Georgian soldiers, whose specialty was in handling ordinances. The report mentions that they believe he is a Nato instructor, and that he has been transferred to the Russian base of Vladikavkaz.
Related:
1. Photo of US commanders training Georgian soldiers. LINK
2. GTEP - The Georgia Train and Equip Program. LINK
3. The GTEP video gallery. LINK
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Ivan prokopchuk 08.11.08 at 9:25 pm
Oh-oh.
And Blackhawk, or somebody just got one of ours.
Leigh Patrick Sullivan 08.17.08 at 5:23 am
….and?
I fail to see the problem. If US Ops are in Georgia, so be it. One ally helping another. The issue isn’t Americans in Georgia, the issue is RUSSIA in Georgia.
Putin is moving Russia from failed democracy straight into fascism.