It was a prank call!
Sorry I'm not listening much to those calling me at the newsstand:
"NATO allies look to allay members’ fears over Russia" by John-Thor Dahlburg and Vladimir Isachenkov | Associated Press April 02, 2014
BRUSSELS — NATO foreign ministers moved Tuesday to beef up the defenses of front-line alliance members feeling menaced by a more assertive Russia, with Secretary of State John F. Kerry proclaiming the US commitment to their security is ‘‘unwavering.’’
Related(?): You Can Always Go Home in Japan
I was just asserting it, that's all.
Also see:
[In keeping with established Pentagon
policy, the Western powers will do everything within their power to
ensure that their worst-case scenarios come true. Just like every other
aspect of the terror war, where every Pentagon strategy is tailored to
shaping policies which multiply the terrorists (think of assassination
drones), we know for a certainty that the US will force Russia to invade
Ukraine by its rushing of men and equipment to the Russia/Ukraine
"front" (SEE: US Arranges New War Games In Ukraine, Along Border With Crimea; Germany Set To Help Militarize the Political Situation In Eastern Europe
). When the degree of the Western militarization of Eastern Ukraine
becomes too obvious to ignore, Putin will have no choice left to him but
to enter Ukraine and to fulfill the West's worst nightmares, or
greatest expectations.] -- NATO Pushing Russia Into Pre-Invasion Scenario
It sure does look that way in my propaganda pre$$!
The ministers from NATO’s 28 member nations also ordered suspension of all ‘‘practical civilian and military cooperation’’ with Vladimir Putin’s Russia, though they made sure a line of communication with the Kremlin remains open at the ambassadorial level.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, keystone of US and European security since the end of World War II, is facing its most acute geopolitical crisis in years: the fallout from Moscow’s unilateral annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, which the Obama administration and its allies condemn as a brazen, illegal land grab.
It is as if the Crimea never even voted!
On Tuesday, an estimated 35,000 to 40,000 Russian troops equipped with tanks, other armored vehicles, and fixed and rotary wing aircraft remained positioned near the border with Ukraine, a NATO military official told the Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information.
The military official described the Russian buildup as ‘‘a complete combat force’’ that was highly threatening to Ukraine.
Those troops, and future aggressive moves that Putin’s Kremlin may make, have become a troubling concern for NATO countries, especially the alliance’s eastern-most members — the Baltic states, Poland, and Romania, all of which were once in Moscow’s orbit.
And the ACTUAL MOVES being made by NATO?
To reassure those skittish allies, Kerry told a news conference, the United States has already sent six F-15 fighters to perform air patrols over the Baltic, deployed a dozen F-16s to Poland, and dispatched the USS Truxtun, a guided-missile destroyer, to the Black Sea.
But those aren't threatening or aggressive or anything.
‘‘And more US support is on the way,’’ Kerry said.
Imagine the U.S reaction were Russia sending military equipment and manpower to Canada and Mexico.
And btw, HOW MUCH is this COSTING AUSTERITY-LADEN TAXPAYERS dealing with SOCIAL SERVICE CUTS, shitter?
At the Tuesday afternoon meeting he attended with the foreign ministers, Kerry said, ‘‘more allies pledged their own contributions to make sure every ally from the Baltic to the Black Sea feels secure.’’
Despite annexing Crimea, Putin and other officials have said that Russia has no intention of invading other areas of Ukraine. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu insisted Tuesday that the Kremlin wants a ‘‘political settlement that would take interests and rights of the entire Ukrainian people into account.’’
Huh? I just got a whole article of propaganda contradicting that. WTF?
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I know jwho he wouldn't hang up on.
What I am hanging up on is the risk of world war so corporations and international bankers (notice how little is said of that IMF austerity agreement to which the thugs of rump Ukraine agreed?) can benefit and NATO can be reinvigorated after the Afghanistan failure.
F*** your wars!
