US Warship Visits Georgia Despite Russia Anger

[Purveyor]

TBILISI — A US warship arrived Monday in Georgia's Black Sea port of Batumi for exercises with the country's coast guard, the US embassy said, in the latest of a series of such calls which have angered Russia.

The guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea's "regularly scheduled" port call will include "combined training exercises with the Georgian Coast Guard," the US embassy in Tbilisi said in a statement.

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Moscow has criticised the decision to send the sophisticated warships, saying it might contravene international conventions and that the ships were unsuited for aid missions.

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[newfie11]

1. This is nuts!

Don't we have enough wars? God forbid what America would do if Russia visited the Virgin Islands or Cuba!

[ChandlerJr]

2. I can't wait for Obama to be sworn in as President and

Commander in Chief so that blood thirsty, swaggering, saber rattling Bush is sent back to the pig farm in Crawford where he belongs.

*Whew! Had a bit of a flashback there.* *Hope'n Change is a powerful drug!*

[teddy51]

3. This is getting pretty scary, between rattling the war sabers with Iran

and now pissing off Russia. Wonder why the hell they are doing this?

[Purveyor]

4. And yet this administration will scream like stuck pigs when Russia vetos more sanctions

on Iran...

[jwirr]

5. IMO he is saber rattling to look strong on defense. He had better not

get us in to a mess.