Right now, I think the Europeans are breathing a sigh of relief that they didn't accept Georgia into NATO. I know I am. We do not need another war at this time. I'm also pretty tired of the U.S. being the world's policeman, while the Euros sit on their fat behinds and call us war mongers because they are too chicken to do anything. This problem in Georgia is much closer to Europe than to the U.S. I do note that
Sarkozy (on behalf of the EU) is the one who negotiated the cease fire. Shouldn't it be up to Europe to enforce it, then?
This problem in Georgia is much closer to Europe than to the U.S. You really need to read more. Georgia is our flight corridor from our bases in Europe to Afghanistan. It is also a corridor for Caspian oil to bypass Putin's control.
And do you really want Putin to have more uncontested petropower than the Saudis? Putin has already used oil as a weapon. It doesn't matter whether that oil is going to Europe or to us. It's about the power that uncontested control of the Caspian production would give Putin.