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Georgia ready to host a US base

Published: 12 March, 2009, 12:05

Georgia is ready to consider hosting a US military base if it gets such a proposal from the American Administration, Georgia’s Foreign Minister said.

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2 COMMENTS

igo March 12, 2009, 14:41 quote

Georgia is like a hooker.

GarryB November 06, 2010, 08:20 quote

It doesn't take a rocket scientist that if the US moves the base from Manas to Georgia that Russia might suddenly have a problem allowing the US to use its airspace to move material that might not actually make it past Georgia to Afghanistan. Of course I am sure the US would be pleased to get a base so they can directly protect... the pipelines of Caspian Sea oil that bypasses Iran and Russia.

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