but for some reason, few are familiar with "The Bush Doctrine II", which is "building NATO = deconstructing U.N."
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Why don’t we just admit Kosovo while we’re at it.
Bush is making a foreign policy blunder on par with Ferdinand driving through Sarajevo without a bodyguard.
For decisions in NATO President Bush needs unanimity. Since practically everybody in western continental Europe is strictly against either a Georgian and/or a Ukrainian membership their entry into NATO is quite improbable.
Besides - at least in the Ukraine a majority of the people is against a NATO membership. The “best” poll is 45% pro and 55% against. Before we talk about a membership the Ukrainians should be sure if they want really to be in NATO or not. Maybe you remember Spain and its inconsequent standing in Iraq after their former leader Aznar joined the war in a complete contrast to the will of his compatriots. In democracies it is difficult to push through political concepts against the sovereign, the people (and voters).
A NATO membership is not appropriate to stabilize neither Georgia nor the Ukraine. The Russians will do whatever they want - with or without NATO since they are not vanquishable in their sphere of influence. Due to their nuclear ability and their conventional arsenal they could invade Georgia and Ukraine without any fear. Neither America nor Europe will risk a global thermonuclear war because of those two countries. NATO members would only come into some fundamental ethic problems then since they should help their (in the case of a membership) partners but could do practically nothing but dump them. Wrong promises are the worst we all can think of. Just think of Poland after being betrayed in Yalta.