Tuesday, October 10th., 2017NATO Launches New Black Sea Force to Target Russia

 Tuesday. October 10th., 2017

NATO Launches New Black Sea Force to Target Russia

 

October 10, 2017 at 6:30 am

Written by Jason Ditz 

The Black Sea Force will operate out of Romania 

and includes thousands of troops.

(ANTIWAR.COM) — NATO has announced the launching of their multinational Black Sea Force, based in Romania, and including an entire Romanian brigade of 4,000 troops. The force is there to target Russia in the Black Sea region.

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Romania insisted the deployment is “not a threat to Russia” and that the purpose of having more troops there to “target” Russia is “peace, not war.” 900 US troops were deployed to Romania to participate in this force.

Since Russia doesn’t border NATO anywhere in the Black Sea region, the force appears to be largely pointless, except for additional grandstanding about NATO’s “readiness” for a fight with “invading” Russian forces, in an invasion that’s been predicted for years.
This appears to be an attempt to mirror the creation of NATO’s much larger Baltic forces, which are all deployed at or near the Russian frontier, and which see large western military contingents placed in tiny Baltic states.

By Jason Ditz / Republished with permission / ANTIWAR.COM / Report a typo