Originally Posted by
Asturias56
When you look at a map you have to say that Germany isn't exactly the front line any more - its a bit like having them in the Channel Islands
Move them to Poland - or if you really want to rattle VP - to the Baltic States
In many respects, there in lies the problem.
If you view it from the Russian angle, the EU has already "annexed" The Baltics, Poland, Hungary, Romania, the two now-separate parts of Czechoslovakia and parts of Yugoslavia (Slovenia, Croatia).
The EU then started making big overtures to Ukraine... yet the West gets upset at the Russians taking action to protect their Black Sea Fleet base in the Crimea...
I in no way condone the Russian aggression in Crimea, but I can see why they've got rattled... and with their economy going to rat-****, it offers a useful distraction.