Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are already NATO members (since 2004 - smack in the middle of Putin's first stint as president of Russia). Georgia, like Ukraine w

Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are already NATO members (since 2004 - smack in the middle of Putin's first stint as president of Russia). Georgia, like Ukraine was (as at the beginning of the invasion) formally recognised as aspiring to membership. Are we then to assume that 'Georgia is next'? With respect to Afghanistan - its worth a reminder that the Americans were not the first to abandon Afghanistan [0]. But I agree that nobody wants to contemplate "real support"/boots-on-the-ground for Ukraine. But that is precisely what the west via NATO will have to do. The outcome of the current war is as much an existential threat to NATO (and to a lesser extent the EU) as it is to Putin's leadership. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Afghanistan_(1978%E2%80%931992)#The_Soviet_decision_to_withdraw,_1986%E2%80%931988 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Afghanistan_(1978%E...