President Mikheil Saakashvili, on the eve of a visit by Vice President Biden, said the arms "would make any hotheads think twice" about military action. (By Irakli Gedenidze -- Pool)From The Washington Post:
TBILISI, Georgia, July 21 -- Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili urged the United States on Tuesday to supply his country with advanced defensive weapons, warning on the eve of a visit by Vice President Biden that a decision not to provide such arms would encourage a Russian invasion.
In a wide-ranging interview, Saakashvili said that discussions about a weapons deal remained at "very early stages" but that he planned to press Biden to speed up delivery of antiaircraft and antitank systems, saying such weaponry was "purely defensive" and "would make any hotheads think twice about further military adventures."
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Update: Biden in Georgia to express support, urge reform -- Reuters
My Comment: The U.S. is not going to arm Georgia. Their relationship with Russia is many magnitudes more important to the U.S. than jeopardizing it by giving Georgia a few shipments of weapons.
Vice President Biden's trip to Georgia is all PR .... and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is just deluding himself if he thinks he is going to get anything substantial from this visit.