US, Russia anchor military ships in Georgian ports

Lance Winslow wrote:

Time for Condi to put down her flafel and Bush to ask someone smart what to do.

firmus wrote:

oh...and the u.s.s. mcfaul, one of the newest of the arleigh burke class destroyers.

braveheart wrote:

http://www.russiande.com/news/ politics/fox-news-12-year-old- girl-tells-the-truth-about-geo rgia.html

braveheart wrote:

Russia had the right to defend their country.

johanson wrote:

Maybe we can send Pres. Carter over to negotiate a truce. He could offer the Russians something, maybe give them Poland or some other soverign land instead. That might please Putin and his mouse Medvedev.
Obama and Medvedev would get along well, two puppets doing as they are told by their masters.

AMANWITHANEDGE wrote:

For 23 combat missions (an estimated 20 hours over enemy territory),
the U.S. Navy awarded McCain a Silver Star, a Legion of Merit for
Valor, a Distinguished Flying Cross, three Bronze Stars, two
Commendation medals plus two Purple Hearts and a dozen service medals.
"McCain had roughly 20 hours in combat," explains Bill Bell, a veteran
of Vietnam and former chief of the U.S. Office for POW/MIA Affairs --
the first official U.S. representative in Vietnam since the 1973 fall
of Saigon. "Since McCain got 28 medals," Bell continues, "that equals
out to about a medal-and-a-half for each hour he spent in combat.
There were infantry guys -- grunts on the ground -- who had more than
7,000 hours in combat and I can tell you that there were times and
situations where I'm sure a prison cell would have looked pretty good
to them by comparison. The question really is how many guys got that
number of medals for not being shot down."
During his relative short stunt on flight status, McCain III lost five
U.S. Navy aircraft, four in accidents and one in combat.
McCain III lost jet number one in 1958 when he plunged into Corpus
Christi Bay while practicing landings. He was knocked unconscious by
the impact coming to as the plane settled to the bottom.
McCain's second crash occurred while he was deployed in the
Mediterranean. "Flying too low over the Iberian Peninsula, took out some power lines which led to a spate of newspaper
stories in which he was predictably identified as the son of an
admiral."
McCain's third crash three occurred when he was returning from flying
a Navy trainer solo to Philadelphia for an Army-Navy football game.
McCain radioed, "I've got a flameout" and went
through standard relight procedures three times before ejecting at one
thousand feet. McCain landed on a deserted beach moments before the
plane slammed into a clump of trees.
McCain's fourth aircraft loss occurred July 29, 1967, soon after he
was assigned to the USS Forrestal as an A-4 Skyhawk pilot. While
seated in the cockpit of his aircraft waiting his turn for takeoff, an
accidently fired rocket slammed into McCain's plane. He escaped from
the burning aircraft, but the explosions that followed killed 134
sailors, destroyed at least 20 aircraft, and threatened to sink the
ship.
McCain's fifth loss happened during his 23rd mission over North
Vietnam on Oct. 26, 1967, when McCain's A-4 Skyhawk was shot down by a
surface-to-air missile. McCain ejected from the plane breaking both
arms and a leg in the process and subsequently parachuted into Truck.

Forest Gump wrote:

<quoted text> The hero of conservatism ronald reagan helped the " freedom fighters" now " terrorists" defeat the Soviet union in Afganistan, by supplying funds and anti aircraft sholder fired missiles. Then the "freedom fighters" blew up the twin towers 9/11 nice move ronnie. It would not suprise me if the Russians would now help the Taliban in return. US foreign policy is one of our worst enemies. Go figure! Also some people think that NATO only has "coast guard" humanitarian ships in the Black sea. Not so at least one US ship is a guided missile war ship. We need to stay out of the Russians face or they can make things difficult for the US in many places!