Livni, other ministers lashed against Olmert for trying to nail the Palestinian Authority to at least some terms. Olmert insists on having Abbas sign the terms to which he has agreed, so that the Palestinians stop changing their position every week.

Despite the outcry from American and the EU, Russia pursued de jure independence of Georgia’s breakaway provinces Osetia and Abkhazia, signed treaties with them.
When the US Administration tried to counter the Russian expansion with pushing of admittance of Georgia and Ukraine into NATO, Russia threatened S-300 SAM supplies to Iran.
For NATO to accept Georgia means either losing its credibility or going for an all-out war with Russia over some Osetia which few people can locate on a map.
The Russian example show that non-compromising determination always win over political intrigues. Russia returns to the Mister No foreign policy.