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6 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
This is a gross mischaracterization of Russian objections to NATO expansion up to her borders. Forgoing any historic concerns about Russian defense in depth, NATO countries generally host US military forces. Poland is a good example where US missile defenses ostensibly for the
Purpose of defending Poland of all places from an Iranian missile threat. Yes that was the reason that Russia was expected to swallow. This was in reality meant to degrade Russian second strike capability. The missile defense rise was dropped soon enough and the mission expanded
to hosting offensive missiles to again degrade Russian response time to a potential US first strike. These aren't status quo moves but clear signs of American belligerent intent and a desire for nuclear supremacy and are inherently destabilizing which anyone but a IR flunkeyist
reciting state department press statements as scholarship would recognize. Russian concerns isn't about how many armor divisions Latvia has, but how close US prepositioned strike capabilities are to Moscow.

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