We are one step closer to another full-blown return of the cold war.
Yesterday, during a briefing in Latvia’s capital Riga, NATO Gen. Philip Breedlove said that NATO and the United States are switching their defense doctrine from assurance to deterrence in Eastern Europe in response to a “resurgent and aggressive Russia.”
The comments by Breedlove come a day after the Pentagon said it would begin continuous rotations of an additional armored brigade of about 4,200 troops in Eastern Europe beginning in early 2017.
“We are prepared to fight and win if we have to … our focus will expand from assurance to deterrence, including measures that vastly improve our overall readiness,” Breedlove said following talks with Baltic region NATO commanders.
“To the east and north we face a resurgent and aggressive Russia, and as we have continued to witness these last two years, Russia continues to seek to extend its influence on its periphery and beyond.”
Meanwhile, this is a map that roughly lays out the regional balance of power between Russia and NATO:
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Does anyone not see what is coming? War is peace in the minds of the rulers.
David DeGerolamo
This is pure insanity driven by neocons in the congressional, military, industrial, complex who are bent on war at all costs. If they cannot find an enemy rest assured they will invent one.
Great peace have those who love your Law nothing causes them to stumble Psalm 119:165. If man has the power to change the Ten Commandments of his Creator and enforce his law instead of God’s Law we can only imagine what God is going to do to the rebellious. Stand up for God and His 7th day Sabbath on Saturday. Then God will fight the battle for us. There is nothing we can do to the enemy but let God fight for us.
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