Georgia: Europe wins a gold medal for defeatism | Gerard Baker - Times Online

Georgia: Europe wins a gold medal for defeatism | Gerard Baker - Times Online

"Georgia: Europe wins a gold medal for defeatism
Sarkozy's ‘peace in our time' deal is a reminder of what could happen if the EU wins more clout

To some, China's muscular domination of the Olympic medal table is a powerful allegory of the shifting balance of global power. A far better and more literal testimony to the collapse of the West may be seen in the distinctly weak-kneed response to Russian aggression in Georgia by what is still amusingly called the transatlantic alliance."