I believe the intial premise is faulty.
Poland certainly feels differently or they would bever have signed the agreement that they just signed. The Czechs, the Romanians, the Batlic countries, etc., etc. would also argue against this.
The Georgians are happy to see American aircraft in Tiblisis and American and NATO vessels off of their coasts as we speak.
Russia sprung a carefully planned trap on the Georgians and they are taking full advantage of our own mistake with Ksosvo to do so. They appear to have won round one. But in the end, Putin and his regime will pay dearly for it.
Georgia and Ukraine will end up in NATO, the Black Sea will now become a regular training and exercise area for the US and NATO, and Russia will suffer dimplomatically and economically for what it has done.
We shall see what the Central Asian Nations say, but given the situation with Taiwan, I hardly think China will endorse or back up what Russia did. The precedent will work against them and they will not go there IMHO.
