Torstone
Padawan Learner
Ukraine Crisis: Nato plans east european bases to counter Russia
Nato is to deploy its forces at new bases in eastern Europe for the first time, in response to the Ukraine crisis and in an attempt to deter Vladimir Putin from causing trouble in the former Soviet Baltic republics, according to its secretary general.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the organisations's summit in Cardiff next week would overcome divisions within the alliance and agree to new deployments on Russia's borders – a move certain to trigger a strong reaction from Moscow.
Rasmussen said: "We will adopt what we call a readiness action plan with the aim to be able to act swiftly in this completely new security environment in Europe. We have something already called the Nato response force, whose purpose is to be able to be deployed rapidly if needed. Now it's our intention to develop what I would call a spearhead within that response force at very, very high readiness.
Article continues here _http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/26/nato-east-european-bases-counter-russian-threat
My first question to this was: Will they really be that stupid??
What will this achieve besides escalating the conflict to yet another level, with unpredictable consequences?
Maybe they are beginning to realize that people and other countries are beginning to see through their lies and outcry, so they feel they have to back it with some substantial actions.
Like saying: See! This is very real! Look what we have to do!
Do not know if its connected, but I think that it is weird that the secretary general goes out with this statement and pushes for it, right before the replacement with the new one(Jens Stoltenberg).