NATO and the Georgia conflict...

So today I had my first high school debate! Eventually I did okay, although I did expect to do better. The topic we debated was "Resolved that by December 2008, we should offer Membership Action Plans (MAP)'s to Georgia and Ukraine. As this was the topic, I decided that I would discuss the topic of Georgia and Russia, along with NATO. Although many see this topic outdated, I think it is still quite relevant, although the mainstream media seems to have forgotten all about it. The fact remains that Russia is still present in Georgia, and for one specific reason: oil. The Baku Supsa -pipeline that runs across all of Georgia, and an even larger source, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, that cuts through the bottom half of of Georgia. Russia obviously invaded Georgia in the hopes of controlling some of these oil reserves. Although British Petroleum (BP) owns the pipeline, Russia now has control of the amount available to BP. Many may not know about this, but "coincidentally" Russia only agreed to a cease fire with Georgia after they had occupied territories which allowed access to the oil lines. So why is this dangerous?? In the approximate words of Glenn Beck "who needs nuclear weapons, when you can control the majority of Europe's energy supply with a turn of a knob" So what can we (the U.S.) do about the situation?? Well as a libertarian, I firmly believe that the U.S. should remove itself from NATO, along with the United Nations, (U.N.) However I concede that getting the U.S. out of these entangling alliances is not possible to do quickly, it will take time. In the short term, I believe it is our duty to provoke NATO, along with the U.N to provide economic relief, and low scale military support, to the point that Russia can no longer occupy the energy reserves. This may appear as a departure from my core libertarian believes (which say we should not use our military unless it is a direct threat to us). However, this is not so as... it actually is a threat to us. If Russia not only regains its former soviet sub-nations, but in effect gains control over a HUGE portion of Europe's energy supply, then our main allies would bend to the will of a country moving back towards communism. That alone is a serious threat. Even Ronald Reagan who was anti war to the core was aware of the unimaginable ramifications of allowing Europe to fall the the former Soviet Union.