Who will rebuild Georgia? The Pentagon, of course.

The US says it is ready to send an assessment team to Georgia to study rebuilding the country's army against any further 'foreign aggression'.

Speaking in a congressional hearing on the recent Georgia-Russia conflict, the US Under Secretary of Defense Eric Edelman said that Washington is going to respond to Georgia's "legitimate needs" and help Georgia rebuild its economy, infrastructure, and armed forces, AFP reported.

"Georgia, like any sovereign country, should have the ability to defend itself and to deter renewed aggression," Eric Edelman said. He also noted that America will consider providing the Georgian army with anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons in order to curb any further Russian attacks.

Edelman also stressed that NATO has decided to reconstruct Georgia's military. "We must not, and will not, allow Russia's aggression to succeed in Georgia."

Russia drafted an arms embargo resolution on Georgia on Tuesday at the UN Security Council, saying that "some countries" are re-arming Georgia in a move to threaten Georgia's independence-seeking provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

War broke out between Georgia and Russia on August 7 as Georgian forces opened fire on Russian troops guarding Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia.