Will Georgia (country) receive fast-track acceptance into NATO following the Russian intervention?

Question

Talks about Georgia entering NATO have been very slow prior to the Russian occupation of ethnic Russian territories. With US and European economic and energy interests in Georgia, will this get fast-tracked to protect their interests? Will current European dependence on Russian hydrocarbons, combined with strong Russian opposition to a NATO ally on their southern border, have strong influence on NATO expansion? Or will reports of ethnic cleansing have to be vetted to evaluate whether Georgia is a violator of international law before further consideration? Or perhaps the US and Cheney have such swing that this will get ram-rodded through?

Answer 1

That's what Georgia wants, to be accepted into NATO so that the U.S, etc would have their back and help them.  But who invaded Ossetia? Georgia. So why would any one want to accept them into NATO when the Russians are just trying to help the innocent civilians of Ossetia.

Georgia doesn't like Russia. Stalin was Georgian, he killed over 30 million Russians. Georgia honors stalin, they have a monument or whatever devoted to him. They are proud of his actions.

Answer 2

Not a hope , if anything it'll further slow it down . It'd be a huge security risk to accept Georgia and this'll prove to be the deciding factor .Nato has control of enough countries in the region to anticipate any Russian threat . A strong German army is required now to achieve check-mate ( pardon the pun ) .World security ( domination ) could be achieved in one day . Israeli strike on Iran , German attack on Russia and a Japanese offensive against the Chinese . No-one would blink an eye as all six countries enjoy a wee fight now and then .

Answer 3

The Germans have talked about that but I do think some other NATO/EU powers will not permit it.  The dependence on Russian supplies of natural gas is actually a two sided sword for Russia, they have cut off the supplies twice n the last two winters.  Georgia is not itself a major supplier to Europe or the world but pipelines to Europe run through Georgia to Europe which potentially could limit the Russian stranglehold on those supplies.  Russia starts threaten to cut off the supplies then Europe would either have to decide to put more into the pipeline through Georgia or face Russian threats and control repeatedly.  Russia might not like the answer to that question so has to be a little careful about that.  The reports of genocide by the Georgians in  SO have been retty much destroyed by Human Rights Watch and the few independent news sources allowed in; both say very few civilian deaths and fighting in a city will always cause that but also point out ethnic cleansing by the SO militia/paramilitary forces against Georgians in SO and Georgia itself.  Russians are known to accuse others of what they or their allies are doing.  I think the end result of that accusation will be it did not happen from independent sources or any impartial observers.