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Georgia in NATO Will be the Best Revenge

Gary Schmitt and Mauro De Lorenzo, AEI | August 13, 2008

For democracy in Georgia to last, Georgians need to feel we have their backs; the West must impose tough economic and diplomatic sanctions on Russia. ++ This conflict demonstrates impotency of the global security order. ++ The West must show Russia it has a greater capacity to sustain a hypothetical new Cold War. ++ It is crucial that the EU breaks the Russian stranglehold on Europe’s energy supplies. ++ The greatest revenge for this invasion would be an independent, prosperous Georgia on a direct path to NATO and EU membership.