U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) stands next to Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi July 22, 2009. Biden, visiting Georgia on Wednesday, said the United States "stands with" the former Soviet republic a year after war with Russia, and urged consolidation of its 2003 revolution. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili (GEORGIA)From Yahoo News/AP:
TBILISI, Georgia – In a speech interrupted by several standing ovations, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told somber Georgian officials on Thursday that Washington stands behind them a year after their army was routed in a war with neighboring Russia.
The war last August came as Georgia sought to regain control of South Ossetia, one of two separatist regions backed by Moscow. Since then, Russia has recognized the two Georgian territories as independent nations and sent troops to defend them.
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My Comment: After all the nice talk .... no agreement for the U.S. to send to Georgia the weapons that the Georgians had requested.