From the Cold War Dept.:

Georgia said hundreds of rebellious soldiers surrendered Tuesday after a brief mutiny, but officials backed away from initial claims that Russia supported the uprising as part of a coup plot.

The Interior Ministry at first said it had uncovered a Russian-supported plan to overthrow President Mikhail Saakashvili's government. But Georgian authorities later stepped back from both of those allegations, saying the mutiny was aimed mainly at disrupting NATO exercises, and leaving out mention of Russian support.

Saakashvili did not directly accuse Russia of involvement, but he claimed the mutiny was organized by former military officers with ties to Russian intelligence services.

Time for NATO to send a strong message back to Russia that it will continue to support the elected government in Georgia, no matter what tactics Russia uses against Saakashvili. In fact, it matters little whether this mutiny was Russian-supported or not; we should not back down before Russian interests in the region. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that coup plots like these are a way to counter NATO presence in the Caucasus region and piss the West off. We need to act like cold gentlemen: politely, but powerfully.

While enemies of Russia are being kicked in the shins, the Obama Administration suggests we disarm our own allies:

President Obama's efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons threaten to expose and derail a 40-year-old secret U.S. agreement to shield Israel's nuclear weapons from international scrutiny, former and current U.S. and Israeli officials and nuclear specialists say.

The issue will likely come to a head when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Mr. Obama on May 18 in Washington. Mr. Netanyahu is expected to seek assurances from Mr. Obama that he will uphold the U.S. commitment and will not trade Israeli nuclear concessions for Iranian ones.

"What the Israelis sense, rightly, is that Obama wants to do something new on Iran and this may very well involve doing something new about Israel's program," said Henry Sokolski, executive director of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, a Washington think tank.

I will come under fire for saying this, but I don't think this is a good idea. With Syria and Iran in the region, so obviously using aggressive pressure on both Israel and America, it'd be unwise to take away one of the greatest threats posed to these nations. I don't like the idea of a nuclear armed world either, but we cannot roll back the technology; right now nations are using their nuclear potential as a defense mechanism, or, as in the case of North Korea, a way to brag about possessing big balls.

First rule of all successful civilizations: disarm your enemies before disarming your friends.