we should note here that from Clinton-time forward, Georgia has been regarded by the United States as strategically vital in controlling the oil pipeline to Azerbaijan and Central Asia, by passing Russia and Iran. Also Georgia could play an enabling role if Israel decides to attack Iran's nuclear complex. The flight path from Israel to Iran is diplomatically and geographically challenging. And Georgia is perfectly situated as the takeoff point for any such raid.
Israel has been heavily involved in supplying and training Georgia's armed forces. A story in Der Spiegel remarked that Israeli arms dealers and veterans from the military and the Mossad, Israels intelligence agency." President Saakashvili boasted that his defense minister, Davit Kezerashvili, and also Temur Iakobashvili, the minister responsible for negotiations over South Ossetia, lived in Israel before moving to Georgia, adding, "Both war and peace are in the hands of Israeli Jews."--From Myth, Meth and the Georgian Invasion-Alexander Cockburn
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