Claim: After Russia went to war with Georgia in 2008, the U.S. sent a "very strong message" to Vladimir Putin by sending "warships to the Black Sea" and airlifting "combat troops that Georgia had in Afghanistan" back to Georgia.
Fact-check: Karl Rove says George W. Bush had a more muscular stance against Putin in 2008 Georgia crisis than Barack Obama has had over Crimea
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2014-03-19T00:00:00