Outstanding article. We need to immediately convene NATO and grant membership to Ukraine. To show Putin that he may have won Georgia but he has lost Ukraine forever.
I agree. One standard view of how WWI started was a that a series of secret alliances helped a small fight in Serbia turn into a major Great Power conflagration. Georgia (sadly) is not in NATO. If western powers rush to defend Georgia as if it were a NATO member, then this is tantamount to a secet alliance (or a post facto alliance). That would be a bad choice.
On the other hand, pushing NATO membership of Ukraine is the opposite. Openly and enthusiaticly bring Ukraine under the umbrella of NATO and make it clear that Russian meddling will have massive consequences -- that's the way to teach Putin some manners.
On this I agree, and it should include several brigades from the US and capable allies... oops. The US.
Europe is ready for a new dictator given Sarkozy’s comments. The French sound ready to F’ING surrender already.
I agree that this is the right thing to do but I doubt that the spineless Europeans will agree.
“We need to immediately convene NATO and grant membership to Ukraine. To show Putin that he may have won Georgia but he has lost Ukraine forever.”
Absolutely excellent post. From your fingertips to God’s ear.
Tatt
“We need to immediately convene NATO and grant membership to Ukraine.”
We need to immediately convene NATO and grant membership to Georgia.