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The statement was made following the meeting of the NATO leaders in Croatia's Split this weekend.
"With these four battle groups, we are not talking exclusively about a training presence. This force is to serve as a deterrent and if necessary as a fighting force. The rules will be different," Pavel said cited by The Wall Street Journal adding that the deployment will be carried out by May 2017.NATO has been boosting its military presence in Europe, particularly in Eastern European states, since the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis, citing Russia's alleged interference in that conflict as justification for the move.
Comment: In reality (a concept foreign to NATO) Crimea overwhelmingly voted to re-unite with Russia and has been doing well ever since:
At the NATO summit in Warsaw on July 8, the Alliance's secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said that the military bloc would strengthen its presence in Eastern Europe on a rotational basis with four battalions in Poland and in the Baltic nations. The United States will lead the troops in Poland, while the United Kingdom will head the battalion in Estonia, Germany the one in Lithuania, and Canada that in Latvia.
It truly is a waste of time and money. Why can't the people of the World see it for what it is. There is no threat of Russian aggression in any of those countries. Is the world so full of hatred? Why? What causes this mindset? Ah, the Predator's mind, always that damn predator. The people should learn to hate the predator, not other people. Learn to strike it down whenever it raises it's ugly head. Therein one may find the path to freedom.