I don't believe it is too early to state we have another Cuban Missile Crisis. I don't know what the leaders of NATO are thinking at this point, but, they have to act to match Putin's aggression. That would mean cooperation with Ukraine to stabilize it's border with Russia and end the migration of deadly serious weapons into Crimea.
November 11, 2013
NAPLES, Italy — NATO’s top commander (click here) says Russia is reinforcing its bases in disputed Crimea, but there is no clear assessment of whether that includes deployment of nuclear weapons.
U.S. Gen. Philip Breedlove said Tuesday that Russian forces “capable of being nuclear” are being moved to the Crimean Peninsula, but NATO doesn’t know if nuclear weapons are actually in place.
Breedlove also told news agencies at a NATO base near Naples that about eight Russian battalion task groups have been sighted along the border between Ukraine and Russia. Russian-backed separatists have been fighting Ukrainian soldiers in eastern Ukraine despite a cease-fire proclaimed weeks ago....
It doesn't matter if 'the real nuclear thing' is being moved into Crimea, it is an overt threat to Europe and puts Russian missiles right in the middle of NATO. This type of blatant aggression cannot be allowed. NATO has to seek permission from Ukraine to move it's military assets into the country. Putin has to be stopped.
Does it risk war? You betcha. But, war is obviously what the Russia President has bargained for. It is best to mount an offensive with conventional weapons now while it is only begun in Ukraine than risk nuclear exchanges later. The interceptors will have to go into the region and the conventional weapons of NATO will have to be deployed to stabilize the border with Russia. I don't see there is a choice. Putin has stepped over the line. The sanctions were to bring back stability without war, but, this is an overt threat that sanctions are meaningless.
No can be a dove when vultures are gathering.
November 11, 2013
NAPLES, Italy — NATO’s top commander (click here) says Russia is reinforcing its bases in disputed Crimea, but there is no clear assessment of whether that includes deployment of nuclear weapons.
U.S. Gen. Philip Breedlove said Tuesday that Russian forces “capable of being nuclear” are being moved to the Crimean Peninsula, but NATO doesn’t know if nuclear weapons are actually in place.
Breedlove also told news agencies at a NATO base near Naples that about eight Russian battalion task groups have been sighted along the border between Ukraine and Russia. Russian-backed separatists have been fighting Ukrainian soldiers in eastern Ukraine despite a cease-fire proclaimed weeks ago....
It doesn't matter if 'the real nuclear thing' is being moved into Crimea, it is an overt threat to Europe and puts Russian missiles right in the middle of NATO. This type of blatant aggression cannot be allowed. NATO has to seek permission from Ukraine to move it's military assets into the country. Putin has to be stopped.
Does it risk war? You betcha. But, war is obviously what the Russia President has bargained for. It is best to mount an offensive with conventional weapons now while it is only begun in Ukraine than risk nuclear exchanges later. The interceptors will have to go into the region and the conventional weapons of NATO will have to be deployed to stabilize the border with Russia. I don't see there is a choice. Putin has stepped over the line. The sanctions were to bring back stability without war, but, this is an overt threat that sanctions are meaningless.
No can be a dove when vultures are gathering.
