Not in Georgia. I suggest you look at a map. The mistake we make with adding countries to NATO is that we are increasing our risk and could undermine the credibility of NATO if we fail to act. Georgia was part of Russia. It is not the same as France, Germany, Poland, or Turkey.
We’ve reserved the first-strike doctrine, so it remains as an option. But it’s highly unlikely that we would be the first to use nukes.
Yes, we have never signed on to the no-first use doctrine in order to maintain the deterrent effect of our nuclear capability against an overpowering conventional force. However, I seriously doubt we would use nuclear weapons to defend Georgia and the Russians know it.
Not originally.
As much as Poland was...
I have a large map of the world mounted on my office wall, and I do fairly well on the geography quizzes.
The mistake we make with adding countries to NATO is that we are increasing our risk and could undermine the credibility of NATO if we fail to act. Georgia was part of Russia. It is not the same as France, Germany, Poland, or Turkey.
I agree that it increases the risk. Is it worth the risk to admit Georgia and Ukraine? In my opinion, yes. Moscow is a growing threat to the world again. This is not the time to act cowardly about confronting the threat. But it doesn't mean that we'll start nuking each other.
We defeated the Soviet Union with Stinger missiles and a good economy. No nuclear weapons were needed. We can defeat Russia with conventional means again, if it becomes necessary.
I miss Boris Yeltsin. Things were better when he was in charge. Russia needs another Yeltsin.