NEWS ANALYSIS - Ukraine May Finally Get Nod From NATO at Meeting in Estonia - NYTimes.com

Original: NEWS ANALYSIS - Ukraine May Finally Get Nod From NATO at Meeting in Estonia - NYTimes.com

NEWS ANALYSIS - Ukraine May Finally Get Nod From NATO at Meeting in Estonia - NYTimes.com: "As details emerge that point to provocative, perhaps even foolhardy behavior by Georgia's leadership, some NATO-nation diplomats are relieved that Georgia was not in the alliance."

Under the NATO charter, an attack on one ally requires all to rise to its defense. In the case of the August conflict, had Georgia been a NATO member, the alliance could have been pulled into war with Russia.