I begin to wonder if Georgia's unilateral attack was a deliberate American gamble, very much a neo-con gambit. It has certainly upset the NATO. It is obvious that whether the USA wants it or not they are deeply sided with the new members versus the old core members.
Russia's move today will likely a great deal of tension within the NATO between vindictive hawks and the realists.
Who will next recognize the independance of South Ossetsia and Abkhazia? If China were to do so it would be very much an international quandry. Certainly we can expect Syria and Venezuela to do so for what little that is worth.
Costa Rica? They recognized Kosovo, and then, to show their consistency, they also recognized Palestine,
