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To: i-node who wrote (407064)	8/16/2008 4:07:38 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577063

He knows he was betrayed big time. The betrayal was by those who refused NATO status. The Bush Administration pushed for it, and [as usual], Germany and France refused. They believed it would pose an "unnecessary offense" to Russia. This blood is on the hands of Old Europe for being weak, just as they always are. You idiot.....take it one step further. Europe, old and new, wisely told Georgia to reign in its expectations. After all, Georgia sits on the front stoop of Mother Russia, the largest country and superpower in both Asia and Europe. S. Ossetia is not nearly worth getting into a war with the bear. Had NATO status been approved, there is NO DOUBT Putin would have stood pat; there is no way in hell he would have moved in on Georgia. You think? Nato could have made a move without Georgia being a member. Have Nato troops moved into position along the border of Russia in the Baltics, Poland and Bulgaria? That would have been a considerable show of force,sending a strong message to Putin to back down. Why hasn't NATO done squat? After all, the US is a major part of NATO. Bush hasn't even brought the subject up. Why, o wise one? And even if Nato did make a move, do you really want NATO and the US to be fighting with Russia over Georgia's right to annex a piece of land that wants to be free and not dominated by Georgia? Does that even make any sense at all? So, now what? This is what happens when you have to do all this crap by committee. The United States needs to remove Russia from Georgia and draw a line in the sand today; ideally, some of the wimps in Europe will participate, if they won't, then we need to move without them. Otherwise, we're going to be dealing with a New Cold War within a few years. We're already dealing with one.....I, and others on this thread, have been screaming about it for two years. Bush et al have been too preoccupied with the mess in Iraq. If you want to be policeman to the world, you don't tie up all your military in one or two places like Bush has. Consequently, there is a vacuum in the rest of the world......and the rest of the world knows it and acts accordingly. The neos are the biggest incompetent no nothings to hit this country in a long time. It will take decades to repair the damage.