Andrew Anglin
Daily Stormer
July 26, 2016
Sir Richard Shirreff says the Russians are planning an invasion.
This just keeps getting nuttier and nuttier.
I can’t even.
Russia has shown absolutely zero sign of aggression, even after NATO has pushed and pushed and pushed.
Now they’re just like “oh, they have a secret plan somehow!”
In a briefing report, NATO’s former European chief suggested that the Alliance must “significantly increase the troop presence in Poland” or else Russia will catch the West by surprise with a sneak attack.
On Sunday, NATO’s former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, General Sir Richard Shirreff, offered a chilling albeit absurdist warning claiming that Russia has troops ready for a lightning takeover of Eastern Europe and that President Vladimir Putin may be willing to set off World War III in a matter of hours.
I would have to assume they do have a plan for a rapid takeover of Eastern Europe.
But why would they not have that plan when NATO is openly planning a war with them?
Surely, if someone is saying they are going to attack you, you get ready for it.
Russia has said if the West starts a war, they aren’t going to fight the war on Russian soil.
“It is clear that Russia is capable of surprising the West… with potentially devastating implications for eastern Poland and fatal consequences to the Alliance,” warned General Shirreff.
In a briefing document entitled “Arming for Deterrence” for the Atlantic Council think-tank the former military commander said that Putin could easily “artificially generate any pretext that suits his propaganda narrative” to justify war with the West in a matter of hours.
“Even if Moscow currently has no immediate intent to challenge NATO directly, this may unexpectedly change overnight and can be implemented with great speed, following already prepared plans,” said the General. “The capability to do so is, to a large extent, in place.”
They might all of the sudden change their mind for no reason!
“The biggest threat for NATO today is a miscalculation by Russia that it could outmaneuver the Alliance by creating a quick fait accompli inside NATO’s borders,” states the General. “This is based on the Russian assumption that it has a significant time advantage over NATO and that the allies could, through intimidation, uncertainty, and disinformation be influenced not to escalate a limited conflict into a full-fledged one.”
The fantastical scenario holds at a premise that the Kremlin somehow ignorant of the legal requirements of the NATO treaty that would require the United States to intervene immediately if a partner nation was under siege by a foreign threat – something that Russian President Vladimir Putin has long assured he is well aware of.
“I think that only an insane person and only in a dream can imagine that Russia would suddenly attack NATO. I think some countries are simply taking advantage of people’s fears with regard to Russia. They just want to play the role of front-line countries that should receive some supplementary military, economic, financial or some other aid,” Putin explained near a year ago.
In a bout of absolute absurdity, General Shirriff’s prescription to remedy the concern facing NATO in the Baltic region I to significantly bolster permanent troop numbers in Poland – the presence of which has been the primary source of escalation in the fabricated conflict.
“There is an urgent need to strengthen Poland’s defense capacity in order to reduce the temptation for Russia to spring a surprise attack,” the General’s report concludes.
I am reminded of a South Park clip.