[rbmillerjr]

Wrong.

That was eons ago and the NATO nations rejected Bush’s overture of bringing in Georgia and Ukraine.

The entire mess started because Georgia and Ukraine preferred to not be under the yoke of a rogue Russia with President for life Putin...who jails anybody who dissents against his policies and controls the media just like the old Pravda, Tass and Izvestia.

[Timber Rattler]

6 years ago is NOT eons ago, RB. The Russians felt threatened then, and very shortly moved against Georgia. They've been wary of the West ever since This past fall and winter, when the U.S. and EU meddled in Ukrainian politics, the Russians believed that their suspicions were justified, and so here we are.

Take off the blinders. Russia is a thousand years old and has a long memory. Six years ago is like yesterday to them.