Georgia's Bid to Join NATO Is a Political Casualty of War
The military clashes with Russia hit NATO's expansion plans
By
Anna Mulrine
Posted August 12, 2008
Georgian soldiers escape their burning armored vehicle on the road to Tbilisi just outside Gori, Georgia. Russia called today for Georgian forces to surrender in the separatist enclave of Abkhazia after Georgia called a ceasefire and withdrew their forces from South Ossetia, leaving Russian forces now firmly in control in the disputed region. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
