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Jack,

Do you think it is wise for George Bush to be aggressively pushing for the Ukraine as well as Georgia and other Balkan powers to be admitted into NATO?

I don't for two reasons.

First, I don't want the U.S. committed to defending even more countries, countries that are only looking for protection and will never be useful to us in time of need.

And secondly, why provoke the Russians this way? Don't we have enough on our plate in the Middle East?