Originally Posted by
WE Branch Fanatic
The current leadership in Moscow is determined to hold onto power at all costs, and may seek conflict to distract the population and the Putin regime has been setting up the West as a bogeyman for a number of years now. Russian submarine and air activity in the Atlantic is back to a level comparable with that in the Cold War - do you think that it is prudent for us to keep an eye of them?
In any case, there are other potential threats in the NATO theatre, such as the presence of the forces of the People's Republic of China operating in the Atlantic, over events in Africa or the Middle East over spilling into the Mediterranean or beyond.
Ok for USN to be doing whatever it wants around the world but how dare China come into the Atlantic.
Putin is under no threat at home, he stopped the oligarchs ripping off Russia, invested heavily at home and despite what western media thinks he really is popular for standing up for the people.
The Russia making the west a bogeyman idea is laughable when you find BBC engaging in this funded by Foreign Office.
NATO never did reduce flights in or around Russia, nobody asks why not.