Now this is deeply disturbing.. the pawns move

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Also I don't feel NATO has really taken Russian concerns into account.

they never had and still don'T. don't get me wrong, by this i do not say that Russia does not demand to be seen as more than it is. It is a regional leading power, but not that global superpower as which it wants to be greeted.

The russians take their mouth a bit too full. And US-NATO speaks with a split tongue. If I were a third power and wpuld need to deal with them, I would hold my weapon at their direction and tell them both: "Keep away from me, no matter what". But as realist, my advise would be to Russia: demand a little bit less and realise your real status instead of blowing it up, and to NATO: be more honest with the Russians in words and deeds, give them the opera ball they want, and stop provoking them: neither NATO nor America is a model for the world that must be pushed everywhere.