>>>BTW, if the US continues to have such an inconsistent foreign policy, we will gradually lose our alies because they will not trust us. Many need military and economic support and often get a lecture in "human rights" instead. It is quite difficult to insure everybody's "human rights" when your country isbeing invaded or your children are being killed in bomb attacks on their way to grade school.

Amen to that.

With reference to the current situation in Georgia; Bush has been Promising them NATO membership; McCain is threatening to drop Russia from the G8. The President of the US, especially a presumptuous nominee such as McCain, has the authority to do neither. So these promises and threats are causing a lot of consternation among America's best allies.