Chief of the Department of Transcaucasia of the Institute of the CIS Countries Mikhail Aleksandrov stated that the situation over the withdrawal of the Russian military bases from Georgia is glowing, reported MiK agency. “I think we will have to display more harshness. Georgian have to be put in their place, they have finally gone too far. I think they use the fact that Bush arrived in Tbilisi as an attempt to form confidence that they will get the 100% support of the US, including the military one, in case of a crisis with Russia,” he noted. “However I do not think such expectations are realistic. The Americans now do not have the opportunity to provide any military assistance to them, all the more there is no basis to confront us now. Thus we should act resolutely, however calmly,” he added. In his opinion, it should be stated at all levels that the situation tends toward a scenario like that at the Berlin crisis in 1948. “I.e. our bases are being blocked and we form an air bridge. Our naval grouping moves forward respectively to demonstrate force support to our base in Batumi. Simultaneously, cargo helicopters deliver loads from the territory of Abkhazia. Meanwhile a few demonstration flights can be made to the territory of those bases even without load to show that the air bridge operates. “And if Georgians start firing upon our helicopters, the navy should hit their firing points and their communication control centers, as well as their General Staff – with cruise missiles. There is no need to use many, one missile is sufficient to set them straight,” Mikhail Aleksandrov stated. “As of the base in Akhalkalaki, the base is closer to the border of Armenia and there we have a base in Gyumri. Thus, from the territory of that base an air bridge to the territory of the base in Akhalkalaki should be organized. What choice will the Georgians have then? Either to launch open hostilities, starting to shaking down our aircraft – in response we will have to hit a few times to bring them to their senses. Either they will have to put up with the air bridge and then the situation will remain in a critical state for a few months. Then a few months of crisis may keep here, and then they will make a decision to all appearance, as they will understand that they have not achieved anything by blackmailing and threats and they will have to compromise, which had been suggested to them,” he summed up.
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