U.S. Navy Ships Heading To Georgia

U.S. Ships To Take Aid To Georgia -- Reuters

TBILISI (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy warship will head through the Bosphorus on Friday taking relief supplies to Georgia, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy in Europe said.

The destroyer McFaul is expected to arrive in Georgia via the Black Sea in about two days and will be followed by two other U.S. ships, officials said.

"The USS McFaul is under way now, having taken on humanitarian supplies for the people of Georgia," the spokesman said.

The ships will be the first U.S. vessels to deliver aid to Georgia since the Caucasus conflict erupted this month. The U.S. military began delivering relief supplies by air a week ago.

NATO-member Turkey earlier authorized the three U.S. ships to sail through the Turkish straits into the Black Sea.

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More News On The U.S. Navy And Georgia

U.S. Warships Run the Gauntlet with Georgia Aid (Updated) -- The Danger Room
U.S. Navy Ships Head to Georgia -- The Georgian Times
Navy ships wait to deliver aid to Georgia -- CNN
Navy sends ship to Georgia; prepares 2 more -- Stars And Stripes
US ships headed to Straits after Montreux deal -- Today's Zaman
US request puts Turkey in a bind -- The National
German, Spanish aid ships bound for Georgia in Turkish straits -- Hot News Turkey

My Comment: This is like the Berlin airlift, but instead of planes we have ships and a Georgian Port. But sending a U.S. missile guided destroyer to carry humanitarian aid is a bit too much. A message is being sent out to the Russian fleet when this ship enters Georgian waters and its port. The Turkish Government agrees.

I can only imagine what the Russians are thinking.