Washington Using Russia as Bogeyman to Breathe New Life in NATO
SputnikNews.com
05.07.2015
While NATO is beefing up its military presence in the Baltics and Eastern Europe in order to counter Russia’s mythical “aggression,” the alliance’s officials cannot provide any credible justification for their initiative.
Christopher S. Chivvis, Associate Director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center and a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation, admits that “the chances of a Russian attack on the Baltics are low, and the costs of war with NATO would be enormous for Moscow.”
However, the political scientist jumps on the bandwagon of proponents of further NATO expansion in Eastern Europe.
Providing no credible evidence to confirm Russia’s militaristic intentions, the expert claimed that “Moscow’s future trajectory” is “highly uncertain.”
He referred to Russia’s “saber-rattling along NATO’s eastern flank” — including “military exercises” and “air and naval maneuvers” — turning a blind eye to the fact that it was NATO that has drawn closer to Russia’s borders over the last 25 years.
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