Perhaps they didn't want a Bush of their own -- but they certainly voted for people who've been really kind to him. In Public. Without fallout. They've met with him, they've hugged him for the cameras, they've dined with him. They've visited him. All without them suffering any political damage.

If what you've said about the Easter European states is true, that they feel abandoned by the U. S., then why have they not shifted their position regarding the U. S.?

Put down the kool-aide.