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I'm just thankful that NATO hadn't admitted this country. Going to war over 300,000 folks in some remote area would be idiotic. I'd much rather stop genocide in Darfur then settle age old conflicts amongst Russia and its satellites.
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I suppose that same logic could be applied to not invading Iraq. Nato is not the UN. Don't worry John, if McCain gets in, we'll invade Pakistan soon enough.
These "satellites" are soveriegn free nations that want Democracy (unlike Iraq who will always vote along sectarian and/or ethnic lines no matter what we try to cram down their throat)) under threat once again from Russian Communist expansion. The U.S. & Nato have a responsibility to check that threat, whether through diplomacy, sanctions or military action.
The difference now is whether we as a nation choose to view Russia's emerging new threat real or imagined. Based on their history, I believe it's real & we are witnessing a new chapter in the story.