NATO Expansion Plan Brings Back Iron Curtain Era

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NATO will set up new bases in Eastern Europe in an attempt to deter President Vladimir Putin from meddling in the internal affairs of countries that used to be under Moscow's control, the organization's secretary-general told journalists in an interview published Wednesday.

The move effectively returns the state of European security back to the Cold War era, when the collective defense ministry alliance that came into being in 1949 acted as a deterrent and main rival to the Warsaw Pact nations led by the Soviet Union.

"We have to face the reality that Russia does not consider NATO a partner. Russia is a nation that unfortunately for the first time since the Second World War has grabbed land by force. Obviously we have to adapt to that," Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in an interview with The Guardian and five other European newspapers.

"The bottom line is you will in the future see a more visible NATO presence in the East," he said ahead of a NATO summit in Cardiff next week.

The new bases would likely be located on Russia's doorstep, experts said: in the Baltic states and Poland, which have been calling for a stronger NATO presence ever since the Ukraine crisis unfolded.

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http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/nato-expansion-plan-raises-specter-of-iron-curtain/506024.html

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1. Interesting article - n/t

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2. Terrifying article.

Interesting quote, "Russia is a nation that unfortunately for the first time since the Second World War has grabbed land by force."

A couple of things wrong with that. First, is Israel not a country? Or does it not presently not occupy the Golan Heights and the West Bank? Clarification is needed here, I think.

Second, what "force" did Russia use to "grab" Crimea? There was a vote by the people of Crimea, which we are regarding as illegal because it was an expression of something the United Nations calls "self determination," but which we support only when our side wins.

This clown is dragging the US into a war with Russia based on some of the most blatant and stupid revisionist history ever perpetrated.

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4. Russia invaded Crimea before the

referendum. Just like it's invading the rest of Ukraine now.

They are a fascistic, militaristic expansionist empire that needs to be caged as well as engaged. Same as they always have been.

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3. Russia invaded its neighbor. It is a feral state

that needs to be contained by threat of force.