Tony Blankley's Logical Fallacy

Tony Blankley writes on Townhall.com:

"Georgia has cozied up to Uncle Sam as part of a nearly two-decades-long effort by the United States to bring the former non-Russian Soviet republics and formerly captive eastern European nations into the American-led sphere of influence - and out from under Russia's historic suzerainty over the lands just beyond its border.

America's aggressive diplomacy in this regard was heightened recently when - at the NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania, this year - it pressed for Georgia's and Ukraine's memberships to the alliance. Moreover, America and Britain have been providing military assistance to the Georgians in the form of arms and training."

"Did our government assume that we could continue to bait the Russian bear in his cave and not eventually get his claw thrashed against our face?"

"Clinton, after all, went to war, bombing civilian Serbian cities for two months against Russia's little Slavic brother. And the current President Bush overplayed his weak hand in Bucharest when he called for Georgia's and Ukraine's admissions into NATO (and got turned down even by our NATO allies)."

However, after all this Blankley ends up saying that the US needs to build up its military strength to "influence Moscow (and other restless agressors)". I see great unfairness and logical fallacy in this conclusion.

What the US should have done is not have held on to the outrageously unfair Jackson-Vanik Amendment for so many years, after Russia stepped on the way to democracy. It should not have brought a military organization that clearly sees Russia as the heir of the Soviet Union all the way to the Russian borders, in violation of its promise. It should not have, as Tony Blankley correctly describes, bombed and killed Christian Serbian civilians. It should have not advocated for Georgia's acceptance to WTO ahead of Russia, to guarantee Georgia's veto of Russia's acceptance to this organization. It should not have lied to Russia's face that it considers Russia "friend", while treating it like enemy. One can train a bear ride a bicycle and dance, if one treats it right. Russians like me were very excited about and hoped for the new friendship with the US in the late 80s - early 90s. Nowadays, Putin's popularity in Russia is enormous because the Russian people see how unfair the US is to Russia.

The Cold War was over, but it was revived by the US. I wish, Tony, reasonable people like you were honest enough to say it.