Should Georgia Be Admitted to NATO?

[Sarmatian]

They are still on the road to democratic freedom, they have just made some bad moves. It would be very different from their tsarist or soviet expansions. It should be done with the utmost delicacy - like the way they have been doing it Link

Or they could just create a CATO of sorts, but I think NATO would benefit everyone. Bringing responsible, hands-off government to every nook and cranny of the planet is a good idea. You do that by slowly expanding working systems or ideas and the security necessary to make them possible.

In the S. Ossetia thread you held the position that Russia is a kleptocracy, that it's control of European energy is dangerous, that this undemocratic, aggressive, resurgent Russia needs to be contained and that NATO should intervene in Georgia, at risk of war, while now your position is that Russia is a natural ally of NATO. I don't get it, why the change?

While I understand what are you trying to say, don't you get it that it's the basically continuation of current policy? Seeking to preserve unipolar world by swallowing a bit of pride and admitting Russia in the fold to contain China and India? What next? To admit China to contain India and Brazil? The reality is that we are moving towards multipolar world, and no rearrangement within the existing block or forming new ones is gonna change that. Russia will still want its say in the world matters, within or out of NATO, as will China, India, Brazil etc...

And ask yourself why do you want Russia in NATO? I guess it's because you want to feel safe from Russia and want Russia to feel safe from NATO. That is something that can be achieved without Russia being in NATO or EU, but it takes time. Changing policies toward Russia would be a first step. And when that mutual trust is achieved, it won't matter whether Russia is or isn't in NATO. That would be just a formality.