Wednesday, August 6, 2014

And what's the current state of the "reset" and the "greater flexibility"?

This:

“Russia has amassed around 20,000 combat-ready troops on Ukraine’s eastern border and could use the pretext of a humanitarian or peace-keeping mission to invade, NATO said on Wednesday,” Reuters reported.
“We’re not going to guess what’s on Russia’s mind, but we can see what Russia is doing on the ground – and that is of great concern. Russia has amassed around 20,000 combat-ready troops on Ukraine’s eastern border,” NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said in an emailed statement.
NATO was concerned that Moscow could use “the pretext of a humanitarian or peace-keeping mission as an excuse to send troops into Eastern Ukraine”, she said.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk also warned that Russia could be preparing to intervene directly in the fighting in Ukraine. He noted on Wednesday that the risk of an invasion of eastern Ukraine “is for sure higher than it was several days ago.”
Russia is currently conducting extensive military exercises on the Ukrainian border. American officials are “deeply concerned” about aviation operations Russia is conducting along its Western border which are expected to continue until the end of the week.
“A NATO military officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that early this month Russia had significantly increased the number of troops near the Russian border,” another Reuters report published Wednesday revealed.

Come on, you guys.  This is all such 19th century behavior.

The summer 2014 experiment in how the world goes in the absence of American leadership is yielding some findings.

Oh, wait.  Look, there's some leadership.  Secretary Global Test has identified the most pressing issue regarding Russia:

While Russia has been bulking up by adding 8,000 more troops to the Ukraine border this week, Kerry says the Obama administration wants to meet in Paris to pressure Russia on the “reduction of greenhouse gases.”

Post-America's priorities are going to prove historic, and I don't mean that in a good way.

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