Cold War - Old School Style

Well, this looks a little alarming:


http://www.reuters.com/article/joeBiden/idUSLN49107

Russia vows to stop Georgia re-arming

MOSCOW, July 23 (Reuters) - Russia will take "concrete measures" to prevent Georgia from re-arming after its war with Moscow last year, ITAR-TASS news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin as saying on Thursday."We will continue to prevent the re-arming of (President Mikheil) Saakashvili's regime and will take concrete measures against this," the agency quoted Karasin as saying in an interview.

Given this article from the BBC, it seems we're going a little old school:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8165617.stm

US backs Georgia's Nato ambitions

The US "fully" backs Georgia's hopes of joining Nato, US Vice-President Joe Biden has told the country's parliament on a visit to the capital, Tbilisi.

Mr Biden is addressing fears in Georgia that the US might sideline its ally in favour of improved ties with Russia.

In a speech to Georgian MPs, he insisted that was not the case and declared: "We will stand with you."

However, Mr Biden also said that the former Soviet republic had to do "much more" to deepen its democracy...