[Tailgunner Joe]

This is nothing new. NATO already said Ukraine and Georgia can both join, they just didn’t say when, so it’s kind of meaningless. Merkel is treading water.

[elhombrelibre]

Germans do the right thing ping. Leaving being Putin’s bitch to famous anti-semite Buchanan. Putinistas sigin’ the blues.

[FreeReign]

This is nothing new. NATO already said Ukraine and Georgia can both join, they just didn’t say when, so it’s kind of meaningless. Merkel is treading water.

I've seen no conditions set this time from Merkel for Georgia to become part of NATO.

Earlier in the year, Merkel was on record as saying that Georgia must settle its disputes with its (Russian backed) break away provinces before Georgia should become part of NATO. Which of course is like telling the chickens that you will only guard the hen-house after the hens resolve their differences with the -- fox.