[Flavius]

ho hum

[InterceptPoint]

As I recall, NATO is a DEFENSE organization. Nations align themselves to make the group strong enough so that potential enemies will be afraid to attack any of the members since a war against one is a war against all. Our experience has been, at least in Europe, that this works. NATO was successful in defending Western Europe from any attack by the Soviet Union for over 40 years.

So our failure in this case to incorporate Georgia and the Ukraine into an expanded NATO makes a very clear statement: Russia, you may with impunity invade either of these nations - we are not prepared to defend them. You have a free hand.

[PzLdr]

And Georgia and Ukraine join a new organization of states that have been left swinging in the wind because of U.S pusillanimity: East Germany, Hungary, the Republic of Viet Nam, the Kurds and Shia of Iraq when Bush I was POTUS...

[PzLdr]

Although they weren’t a country, I left out the Cuban freedom fighters at the Bay of Pigs.

[microgood]

I had no problem with Warsaw Pact countries being invited to NATO but I do with former Soviet states with large populations of Russians. Bush blew it I pushing for Ukraine and Georgia membership.

[wku man]

"Russia applauds U.S. moves cave-in on NATO membership"

There...fixed it.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!