July 12, 2008 - 16:14 AMT
Baku: South Caucasus will be in NATO if U.S. wants it
Russia will never dare to start a war against Georgia, an Azeri political scientist said.

"Russia resembles a wounded bear which is furious and needs to be stopped. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid a visit to Georgia with a purpose to cool Russia. Europe is not independent, Russia is not the USSR. There is the owner of the world - the United States, which deals with all international problems," Vafa Guluzade said.

"If Russia intrudes into Georgia, the U.S. will attack Iran. The entire Caucasus will be shocked. But I do not think this scenario is possible. If the U.S. decides that South Caucasian countries must join NATO, they will join the Alliance. Russia has lost the region in early 1990-ies and has to put up with it," he said, 1news.az reports.