Georgia Side Effects

There is an article at Breitbart.com detailing Russia's response to our putting a missle shield in Poland.  Generally we have learned a few things from the Russian invasion of Georgia.  NATO has no stomach for anything stronger than diplomacy--they wouldn't even support kicking Russia out of the G8, the UN will not act because Russia is on the Security Council and can veto any action, and generally speaking Russia got away with pretty much anything it chose to do.  These are very bad things for Russia to learn, and they set up a whole new set of dangers regarding China and Taiwan.  If we didn't defend Georgia, do you think we will defend Taiwan?  The other thing that showed up was the difference between 'Old Europe' and 'New Europe'.  Old Europe has gotten complacent--the overall spending is on socialistic programs with very little for defense.  New Europe understands the value of freedom because they were under Soviet rule for so long.  The invasion (and the way the west did not deal with it) was one act that will probably have many unexpected  consequences in the months and years to come