Estonian PM advisor: U.S. deployment near Russia “unwelcome”
TALLINN, January 9. /ITAR-TASS/. Deployment of U.S. military forces near the Russian border would not benefit good-neighborly relations but only bring about unnecessary tensions, the Estonian Prime Minister’s advisor, former commander-in-chief, Ants Laaneots, stated.
“This would be an unwelcome step,” he said.
The retired general added that Russia’s 2010 military doctrine described NATO forces’ approach to the Russian borders as the key risk for the national security.
“Figuratively speaking, this would be like slipping a red rag to the bull,” Laaneots said about Defense Minister Urmas Reinsalu’s statement in favor of the U.S. permanent military presence in Estonia he voiced speaking recently at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. Laaneots believes the U.S. will not go that far.
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You've joined lots of countries that we've managed to piss off.
Of course the US would welcome foreign military at our border. NOT!