<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[A New NATO&nbsp;Ally?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Seth Mandel <a href="http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/01/31/georgia-exclusion-from-nato/" target="_self">proposes</a> letting Georgia into NATO. Larison&#39;s jaw <a href="http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2012/01/31/the-dangerous-idea-of-nato-expansion-will-not-die/" target="_self">drops</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>There was never a good argument for bring Georgia into the alliance. It was always a dangerous, irresponsible idea, and one that the 2008 war should have killed off forever.&#0160;If anything, the reasons for keeping Georgia out of NATO are stronger than ever. Trying to bring Georgia into the alliance does not enhance European security in any way, and Russia would still regard it as an intolerable provocation.</p> </blockquote> <p>Mandel <a href="http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/02/01/nato-expansion-georgia/" target="_self">counters</a>:</p>]]></html></oembed>