'The Georgians just ran, they didn't even take their (expletive deleted) stuff with them.'

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1424077.php/The_Russian_army_loves_its_NATO_loot__Feature_

The Russian army loves its NATO loot (Feature)

Gori/Tbilisi - The troopers of Russia's 58th Army, fresh from chasing their US-trained Georgian opponents out of South Ossetia, are just in love with their NATO-issue loot.

'Check out this war trophy,' a T-62 tank commander named Viktor proudly pointed out to a Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa reporter. 'A real NATO-standard bayonet!'

Russia's soldiers currently occupying the Gori district of northern Georgia - abandoned by the Georgian army without a shot - are festooned with personal military kit previously owned by their enemy Georgia, whose government is intent on joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Some soldiers, like Viktor, chose to obtain just a souvenir. One of the most popular formerly Georgian military items now in Russian hands is a spiffy black-handled knife.

Viktor's mates said the weapon, sometimes issued in a snappy leg holster, is suitable for locking onto a US M-16 automatic rifle sold to Georgia, and holds a great edge.

'There were piles of them in the depot over there,' said a sergeant name Oleg, pointing with his thumb to a plume of smoke rising from behind a hill. 'The Georgians just ran, they didn't even take their (expletive deleted) stuff with them.'

[grannie4peace]

1. they

expected us to come save them

[Mudoria]

2. Cool.. now the Russian soldiers can get back

to killing each other in hazing rituals while their superiors steal their pay.

[Fuzz]

3. That's gonna make the US happy

[Joe Chi Minh]

4. It's good to know they have a whole lot more sense than their president;

which is common enough in relation to national leaders, but always good to see in action. A lot of parents and children will see their savvy sons and brothers again, instead of losing them on a fool's errand. Discretion is the better part of valour in that kind of scenario. The scale of the president's miscalculation which precipitated the Russian military response wasn't rocket science. Remember Hungary, the Kurds, etc, etc.

The Georgian troops had a lot less chance of survival against the Russians than our Light Brigade had against them at Balaclava. "Ours not to reason why" can only hold so much water. As French General Bosquet, a witness of the Charge of the Light Brigade, remarked, "Eeet eez magneefeeecent.... but eeeet eeeez not warrrrr. Eeet eeez madnesss." Well, I think he said it in French, but it sounds a lot more droll that way. Not the slaughter. His observation.

[TomInTib]

5. Wow - "without a shot"

Our taxpayers' dollars at work.

[Joe Chi Minh]

6. Very wry and witty!