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Georgia "was the third-largest contributor of coalition forces (to Iraq) after the U.S. and Britain"?
They were running border crossings near Kut. The US is scrambling to fill the void.
(Also, Georgia has a population of only 4.4 million, so what percentage of their military were the 2,000 troops in Iraq?)
They were running border crossings near Kut. The US is scrambling to fill the void.
(Also, Georgia has a population of only 4.4 million, so what percentage of their military were the 2,000 troops in Iraq?)
posted by mikevotes at
10:17 PM
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Georgia has about 17,000 troops according to Jane's. I would imagine the ones in Iraq were well trained and equipped. Pulling them out may partly be a way of pressuring Bush to act against Russia.
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Anonymous, at 9:16 AM
Yeah, but it came too late. They didn't start pulling out until days after the Russians moved.
And, thanks for the 17,000 number. (That's less than the police force in Houston.)
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mikevotes, at 12:47 PM
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