"Georgia also had a special relationship with Israel that was mostly under the radar. Georgian Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili is a former Israeli who moved things along by facilitating Israeli arms sales with U.S. aid...

In a secret agreement between Israel and Georgia, two military airfields in southern Georgia had been earmarked for the use of Israeli fighter-bombers in the event of pre-emptive attacks against Iranian nuclear installations...

The Tel Aviv-Tbilisi military axis appears to have been cemented at the highest levels... But whether the Israeli Air Force can still count on those air bases to launch bombing missions against Iran's nuke facilities is now in doubt. " -- Arnaud de Borchgrave