Russia 2, Obama 0

Joe Biden has softened America's position on the importance of Georgia joining NATO. Whereas George Bush strongly favored NATO membership for Georgia, Biden recently said that he favors "Georgia's continued independence and autonomy" and that joining NATO was a "decision for Georgia to make."

Diplomats have interpreted these verbal nuances as a marked shift in the U.S. position, in apparently a further attempt by the Obama administration to placate Russia. Throwing Georgia to the Russian wolves, and weakening our commitment to building a European defense system against Iranian missiles, begin the path of giving Russia two important victories.

That's quite an accomplishment for the first few weeks of the Obama administration. Just imagine what the President can do in four years.