I know it's right to question, especially during the Chinese Olympics and the rise of a state which is large and unpredictable to some extent, whether or not some European governmental dysfunction exists when it's reckoned that American force is needed for the preservation of a, basically, European democracy, from the Russians.

It's true that the US owes Georgia for its help at Iraq. However that help, it seems to me, should not be over excessive, and frankly, it's not affordable nor very wise when certain considerations are brought to the fore: namely the lack of an EU military nor Europe's willingness to federate so that it's somewhat resistant to Russian attempts on it.

That the outcome of the Georgian conflict seems to entail the cutting off of Europe's oil supply from Asia, seems to me, a secondary concern to the desire of Georgia to run itself as a free and democratic country, and upon that singular basis, United States founding documents require succor. However, the best way to help is, as always, questionable for some glaring and obvious reasons.

The desire for democracy and truly representative governments cannot be said for the leaders of some of Georgia's European neighbors, who, basically, wish to retain the same sort of lifestyle they've enjoyed since the middle ages. So the crux of the matter, and the best way to help Georgia - other than offering the non-excessive assistance we are obliged to give it - seems to me, to persuade Europe to function as representative governments, or be swept away by states like Russia, which have already dispensed with the quirky inefficiencies of the middle ages, and are onto some sort of path to federation, despite it being a path not agreed upon by other federations of states which choose to run themselves differently, yet have militaries.

However, the calls for the beginning of World War Three seem oddly misplaced, and I doubt that I'm a new version of World War 2 isolationist ilk because if I were a European, I'd say this conflict called for the strength of the European Union and the military force which would seem to flow naturally from that Union, whereas during World War 2 Europe was divided, yet actually had militaries

Because of the lack of a European Union, the United States neither can nor should defend the indefensibility of a Europe which has had time to form a Union yet still chooses not to. And were the US to be drawn to a World War of some sort, there are no allies extant organized enough to tip the balance easily toward our direction.

So this is a job Europe should be doing and the fact that its not is a terrible sign for a United States which needs to stop involving itself in European affairs.

Thanks for the segway to a blogpost I've been writing for a while.