NATO Commander Admits There’s No Threat of Russia Invading the Baltics

• NATO Commander Admits There’s No Threat of Russia Invading the Baltics
  by http://sputniknews.com/  
  NATO has launched an unprecedented buildup in Eastern Europe, specifically focusing on the Baltic region, continuously citing “Russian aggression.” But one alliance general has suggested that the West has no reason to believe Moscow has any intention to invade its neighbors.
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  Last Tuesday, NATO agreed to deploy “four robust multinational battalions” that will serve in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland on a rotational basis. According to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, these troops are necessary to show that the alliance will “continue to protect and defend all Allies against any threats coming from any direction.”
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  While NATO continues to publicly accuse Russia of aggression, some have expressed concern that the alliance could consider an even larger buildup. But General Petr Pavel, chairman of the NATO Military Committee, has assured reporters that additional troops will not be needed, as Russia does not actually pose a threat.
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  “Deployment of substantial military force is not being considered,” he told reporters on Monday.
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  “It is not the aim of NATO to create a military barrier against broad-scale Russian aggression, because such aggression is not on the agenda and no intelligence assessment suggests such a thing.”
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  If NATO doesn’t believe Russia to be a threat, then why are rotational deployments necessary? As Jason Ditz points out writing for AntiWar.com, Pavel’s comments are starkly at odds with his peers in the alliance.
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  “That’s the exact opposite of what most US commanders have suggested, but Gen. Pavel insisted that the deployments in the Baltics were a ‘political’ question and not a military one, and that no further escalation should be considered,” Ditz writes.
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