The majority of NATO proponents in Ukraine believe that the admission process may only be accelerated in 2011, when Poland - a principal (after the U.S.) driving force behind this process - assumes the EU rotating presidency.
Yet it is quite possible that Ukraine might join the alliance as early as 2008.
The United States is seeking to use Ukraine as a counterweight to Russia's influence, bringing its military and political infrastructure closer to Russian borders.
U.S. allies in the EU, such as Poland and Latvia, are driven by their Russophobia complex. Furthermore, Poland without Ukraine is just an average European country, wedged in between its historic enemies - Russia and Germany. Poland with Ukraine is a great European power.
