U.S., Georgia Sign Blueprint for Military, Economic Cooperation

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Source: America.gov

Washington — The United States and Georgia have expanded their cooperation in defense, trade, energy security, democratic institutions and cultural exchanges.

“Georgia is a very important partner of the United States, a valued partner. Our relationships rest, of course, on shared values of democracy, on security, on economic prosperity,” Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.

Rice and Georgian Foreign Affairs Minister Grigol Vashadze signed the U.S.-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership in the State Department’s ornate Treaty Room on January 9.

Georgia pledged in the partnership agreement to strengthen political reforms. And the United States pledged to support Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations, including eventual membership in NATO.

Read more: http://www.america.gov/st/peacesec-english/2009/January/20090109145908dmslahrellek0.7679407.html?CP.rss=true

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1. Damn. They are going to keep thumbing their noses at

Russia and whoever else they don't like until they finally get their asses out of town.

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2. I hate to be so cyncial..

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5. Israel and Georgia

Israel's relations with Georgia have been close, partly because there is a large Georgian Jewish community in Israel. In recent years, ties have also taken on a military dimension, with military industries in Israel supplying Georgia with some 200 million dollars worth of equipment since 2000. This has included remotely piloted planes, rockets, night-vision equipment, other electronic systems and training by former senior Israeli officers.

"Israel should be proud of its military, which trained Georgian soldiers," Georgian Minister Temur Yakobashvili, who is Jewish, told Israel's Army Radio in Hebrew shortly after the fighting erupted.

Israel is not a major supplier of arms to Georgia, with the U.S. and France supplying Tbilisi with most of its weaponry. But the arms transfers have attracted media attention partly because of the role played by some high-profile Israeli figures, including former Tel Aviv mayor Roni Milo, who conducted business in Georgia on behalf of Israel Military Industries.

According to media reports, Brig. Gen Gal Hirsch, a senior commander in the 2006 Lebanon war who resigned after the release of a highly critical report on the way the war was conducted, served as an adviser to Georgian security forces.

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43524

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3. U.S. Constitution - Article 2 Section 2

He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate

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4. we got your back, homies!

U.S.A.

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6. POP QUIZ: WHY DID WWI START??

Takers?

Oh that's right... alliance systems.