Consequences for Energy-Rich Russia Look Doubtful

(CNSNews.com) – President Bush has hinted that Moscow’s invasion of Georgia may have consequences for Russia’s interaction with the international community, but a unified European position in support of that stand appears unlikely.

Europe has been split over ushering Georgia and Ukraine into NATO over Russian objections. Those divisions were clearly visible again when European Union (E.U.) foreign ministers held emergency talks in Brussels Wednesday.

Germany has led the opposition to beginning the NATO membership process for the two former Soviet states, and it was Germany again that again took a cautious line Wednesday on how the E.U. should react to the crisis in the Caucasus. ....