Russia, despites our bigger commandant in Chief says, is part of the western civilisation, the population there is reacting like anyone of us. It's silly to push her leaders into a radical position like there isn't anymore alternative left for them but retaliation.

We need to keep them in the "club", by discussions, but ferm positions, not let them advance their pawns too far that we can't react anymore, equilibrium ! that also meens that we have to consider our defense either, cuz, the Americans aren't going to umbrella us ad vitam eternam, no more money in the house will likely push them to reconcentrate on their prime emergencies, acually, economy, social appeasment, isolation !!!

It's evident that Georgia got the hubris big head, time for her to acknoledge her dimension, tiny !

Nato, in this form isn't anymore "viable", see if one can transform it from the inside, um, actually seems it has become a paralysed administration, so let it die and re-born from its ashes

Do you think it should be completely abandoned, abandoned and replaced, or just needs major internal reforms?

If I was among the deciders, I would advice them to start a slimming cure in the administration, and to transfer the decisions making to the top leading states heads, be in EU, Germany, France, UK, Spain, Italy, as an EU force, and on the other hand, dunno if the US do really need Nato outside the need of this source for foreign "legionnaires"..., the next policy that most of the politicians see for Afghanistan, is that the conflict would have a political resolution, thus an alliance with the Talibani and Pakistan as arbirter... so that was then "much ado for nothing !!!

well the end of war on terrorism ??? don't think so

Artemis ?

http : // sciences.blogs.liberation.fr/home/2008/11/lagence-spatial.html

um, yes, some of the EU interventions were under humanitarian or peacekeeping label, following the idea of "Doctors without borders" that governments ought to interfer in countries where populations are suffering of their government malpractices. Some have been ackwardly driven. This is due to the fact that so many non-responsable persons have to take a decision, (which they hate, ie mostly administrative)and that it is easier to make a decision when your alone until 3, outside this fatidic number it's becoming ungovernable, as said Georges Brassens you become then a "bande de cons"

Also, your bright Madeleine pushed the button on for american interventions, just to show us who were the "masters" (ie ex Yougoslavia)

The US, Canada, and the developing nations that can be bullied by the Europeans are the backup/replacement forces of Europe - giving it the only gravitas is has at all when it tries to play the lecturesome make-believe superpower

show me where ?

are you relating Lebanon ? Darfour, Chad ?....

um Irak, Afghanistan, Georgia, Colombia, Chilea.... Iran ?

lots of extreme-right-wing leaders have been set on power in latin America by the CIA

see how the future of the US is forecasted here :

http : // www.drudgereport.com/flashrur.htm

where it is discussed, it doesn't seem that your people are optimist, check the comments

http: // www. americanthinker.com/blog/2008/11/russian_analyst_the_us_will_br.html