“sirius_sir:

Germany has encouraged Georgia to apply for NATO membership. Germany.

The Germans woke up to the possibility that the Russkies might want half of their country back too.”

And a very large minority of the German population, particularly in the East, would not mind going back over to Russia. I think Eastern Europe is alarmed, but the comments I see from many Western Europeans on a couple of other weblogs I go to seem in favor of the Russian view of events. And that’s disturbing. We even have elements over here who, for varying agendas, favor or excuse the Russian aggression. The perversity of humanity never fails to amaze.