Georgian games

The latest South-Ossetia crisis was initially presented as a David against Golias situation, with poor Georgia facing the "evil" Russian bear.

Politicians in the US and Western Europe (the latter with no excuse!) quickly accused Russia of a millions sins and of being the aggressor.

Time duly proved that the aggresion in fact came from Tblissi, probably looking for sympathy  from the West.

Nevertheless Europe needs to draw lessons from Mihail Sakashvili's games.

As the crisis started U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in Tbilisi, pledging U.S. support for Georgia's bid to join NATO!

Imagine this had become a fact before the crisis: Georgia a member of NATO.*
Would we have been dragged to war with Russia for the madness of Sakashvili?
Any expansion of NATO needs to be subject to the closest scrutiny. There is no place for the countries in the Caucasus or the Ukraine. Even the expansion to the Baltics and Poland was an error, causing all kinds of problems between Europe and Russia, to the satisfaction of Washington DC.
In fact we must ask: what is in it for us, Western Europeans?
Liquidate NATO and we will be better off!!
(This irresponsible behaviour is a reminder of Kennedy's idiotic decision to place nuclear missiles in eastern Turkey, on the border with the USSR, that led to the so called Cuban missiles crisis and the world to near nuclear war.)

*Parallels must also be seen for Turkey's application for EU membership.

Condoleezza Rice and Mikhail Sakashvili in Tbilissi

South Ossetia war map - 2008