Russia Has Not Seen Such Amassing of Hostile Military Forces on Its Borders since 1941
“We have been watching for nearly a month a steady buildup of American and NATO forces along near Russia’s borders – on land, on sea and in the air,” he said. “There has been nothing like this on Russia’s borders, such an amassing of hostile military force, since the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.”
© AP PHOTO/ MINDAUGAS KULBIS
Russia has been concerned with NATO’s overall strategy and its recent
moves particularly. Last week the US completed its first land-based
component of the Aegis missile shield at an air base near Deveselu,
Romania. A day later, the alliance held a groundbreaking ceremony
in Poland. The Aegis Ashore base is scheduled to be deployed
in Redzikowo by 2018.Moscow has warned that the system could be
detrimental for global peace and stability. NATO officials
have tried to alleviate Russian concerns by saying that the Aegis
system is purely defensive, but Cohen warned that it the complex could
be used for other purposes.
US Deputy Secretary of Defence Bob Work (C), Polish Minister of
Defence Antoni Macierewicz (3rdR), Polish Foreign Affairs Minister
Witold Waszczykowski (2ndR) and other officials take part in ground
breaking ceremony of the northern section of defence anti-missile shield
in Redzikowo military base in northern Poland
© FLICKR/ US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS EUROPE DISTRICT
The Islamic Republic is not the real target. “The majority of our missile defense installations … are directed at Russia. They are not directed at Iran, that’s a fairytale. The government puts it out, but nobody believes it,” the analyst noted.
Professor Cohen has long warned that Washington’s policies towards Russia have been the key reason for the recent cold spell in relations between the two global powers. This trend appears to be getting more dangerous.
“Are we sleepwalking towards an actual war with Russia or is this a plan to provoke a war with Russia?” he asked. “If we are sleepwalking, we all need to yell, ‘Wake up!’ If they actually now would not mind a war with Russia, then they are crazy. Because there is no way if there is war with Russia on Russia’s borders that eventually some kind of nuclear weapons will not come into play.”
The original source of this article is Sputnik News
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