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“Georgia will be in our alliance,” Cheney told reporters while standing alongside Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, whose pro-Western government has sought to join NATO despite Russian opposition.
Angry Russian officials have repeatedly said U.S. military aid was instrumental in emboldening Georgia to try to retake South Ossetia by force on Aug. 7. The attack sparked five days of fighting and resulted in Russian forces driving into South Ossetia and on into Georgia.
While discouraging Russian expansionism is good policy, it’s a little hard to see how the US has a strategic interest worth protecting with NATO defense responsibilities. It’s dangerous and nuts and beyond the scope of US National Interest to provide that kind of guarantee.
This will be very helpful should the Georgians decide to launch another surprise night-time artillery and GRAD attack on Ossetian civilians and Russian peacekeepers.
Hopefully NATO’s support will help them finish the job since there are several thousand Ossetian civilians still left alive.