There should be no question of any western forces east of Germany.
It was lunacy on our part to expand NATO into the former Warsaw Pact nations and into parts of the former Soviet Union itself. Its as if some are gunning for all out war.
Where is the east west line, who decides that ethnicity?
The fact is NATO didn't move east. East moved west. A chance of freedom and evolving socially is a big draw.
rh, thanks, but thats emotional clap-trap.
Not really, failure to allow for, and compensate for it can be fatal in any strategy. As such that is why so much effort is put in to pretexts and perceptions.
No one is saying everything is black and white, least of all me. In this case there has to be a line in the sand drawn, make no mistake about it, this situation is being watched very carefully and how we react to it.
This has the potential to change the direction of major players and set significant events in motion. There is a very big perception that the west is weak, whether that is true or not is irelavent, its the preception.