BF2S Forums No, really, whats russia up to?

Thats pretty irresponsible reporting. The “journalist” should report why they pulled out.

Link below explains a bit more

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh … ssia27.xml

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/? … 68136&


SEC. 2702. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

      (a) POLICY WITH RESPECT TO NATO ENLARGEMENT- Congress urges the President to outline a clear and complete strategic rationale for the enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and declares that--

            (1) Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic should not be the last emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe invited to join NATO;

            (2) the United States should ensure that NATO continues a process whereby all other emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe that wish to join NATO will be considered for membership in NATO as soon as they meet the criteria for such membership;

            (3) the United States should ensure that no limitations are placed on the numbers of NATO troops or types of equipment, including tactical nuclear weapons, to be deployed on the territory of new member states;


(b) POLICY WITH RESPECT TO NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA-
(2) LIMITATIONS ON COMMITMENTS TO RUSSIA- In seeking to demonstrate to Russia NATO's defensive and security-enhancing intentions, it is essential that neither fundamental United States security interests in Europe nor the effectiveness and flexibility of NATO as a defensive alliance be jeopardized. In particular, no commitments should be made to Russia that would have the effect of--

                   (B) limiting the ability of NATO to defend the territory of new NATO members by, for example, restricting the construction of defense infrastructure or limiting the ability of NATO to deploy necessary reinforcements;

                  (C) providing any international organization, or any country that is not a member of NATO, with authority to delay, veto, or otherwise impede deliberations and decisions of the North Atlantic Council or the implementation of such decisions, including deliberations and decisions with respect to the deployment of NATO forces or the admission of additional members to NATO;

                  (D) impeding the development of enhanced relations between NATO and other European countries that do not belong to the Alliance;

                  (E) establishing a nuclear weapons-free zone in Central or Eastern Europe;
             (3) COMMITMENTS FROM RUSSIA- In order to enhance security and stability in Europe, the United States should seek commitments from Russia--

                  (A) to demarcate and respect all its borders with neighboring states;

                  (B) to achieve the immediate and complete withdrawal of any armed forces and military equipment under the control of Russia that are deployed on the territories of the independent states of the former Soviet Union without the full and complete agreement of those states;

                  (C) to station its armed forces on the territory of other states only with the full and complete agreement of that state and in strict accordance with international law; and

                  (D) to take steps to reduce further its nuclear and conventional forces in Kaliningrad.

Nice read. It kind of ridiculous of Putin unless he wants to be an agressor soon on the world stage and start WW3. The nukes he has is enough for anyone to not fart around with them. He seems paranoid.