Canary in the Coal Mine - October 25, 2016

9:33PM

"Moscow fears that Kaliningrad is vulnerable to NATO, which surrounds it. So it has installed weapons systems that, even if they are intended as deterrents, also threaten the Baltics and increase Russia’s ability to cut them off from the rest of Europe.

That has led NATO to expand its own presence in Eastern Europe, which makes Kaliningrad more vulnerable, deepening the cycle.

Scholars call this pattern of escalation a security dilemma. It is considered a major cause of World War I, and is one of the most-studied ways in which countries can stumble into an unwanted conflict."

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/world/europe/donald-trump-nato-baltics-interpreter.html?_r=1

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10:48PM - Who owns "The Independent"?

"[T]he easiest way to prevent the next world war is simply to let the Russians have what they want, provided it makes no difference to you. Trump has almost said as much about American intentions; smaller Nato allies, if they don’t pay their way, can go hang if they want American men and women to lay down their lives for them. The Russians can have Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania if they want. We’re not talking about giving them Rhode Island or Alaska, are we?"

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/could-hillary-start-a-world-war-sure-as-hell-she-could-and-here-s-how-a7379051.html?cmpid=facebook-post

J: Kam pieder laikraksts?
A: KGB.

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Canary in the Coal Mine - Day

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

9:33PM

10:48PM - Who owns "The Independent"?