Turkey now realizes the price it paid for hamstringing the US in the opening phase of OIF. This could actually fracture NATO.

Forget NATO. What are the leaders of France, Germany and England saying? Those same leaders who were SOOOOOO loud and condemning over the past seven years of whatever American felt the need to do? I haven’t seen any headlines over and above the Olympics gold medal count that would lead me to think that any EU presidents have any opinion at all, let alone any desire to do anything.

I’m also wondering if the commenters in the blogosphre like nwork and ukdude who are distressing Fred and others so much are wilted flower children or Americans at all. If they’re not progressive Yurpizoids bleating their “can’t we all just get along” anthem. After all, if you’re a Frog or a Brit or a Kraut you have two choices: root for Russia or root for Georgia (and America). Their hatred of America ips facto will not allow them any option except to root for Russia.

Let the projection and the mind games begin.