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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
CBC has an interesting analysis on NATOs current inability to dissuade Russia from acting aggressively.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine...utin-1.2589288
It's for all these reasons combined that I truly doubt that Russia's actions are based on a fear of the West, rather than just seeing an opportunity to make the West fear them. They have never been so secure and now would be the wrong time to rock the boat if they were actually afraid that the NATO could actually do something about it. |
Well ya, I don't have the exact numbers but isn't Germany's military right now at 10% what they were allowed after the Versailles Treaty? It's hardly a police force compared to what Germany and Europe have historically had for military's since the Napoleonic ages.