NATO Says Russia Moving Its Weapons Systems In Crimea; Russian Cyber Threat Against US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES ^ | 3 Mar 15 | Reissa Su

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Russia is reportedly turning Crimea into a military base against NATO forces. NATO General Philip Breedlove said it was Russia’s attempt to project “power” deep in the Black Sea.

Breedlove has revealed in a conference on Feb. 25 that NATO has seen Crimea transform in “fairly significant ways” as far as weapons systems, USNI reports. The NATO commander said Crimea has several weapons systems ranging from air defence systems that can reach almost half of the Black Sea to surface attack systems.

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Fait accompli - a thing accomplished and presumably irreversible.

Belling the Cat

Long ago, the mice had a general council to consider what measures they could take to outwit their common enemy, the Cat. Some said this, and some said that; but at last a young mouse got up and said he had a proposal to make, which he thought would meet the case. “You will all agree,” said he, “that our chief danger consists in the sly and treacherous manner in which the enemy approaches us. Now, if we could receive some signal of her approach, we could easily escape from her. I venture, therefore, to propose that a small bell be procured, and attached by a ribbon round the neck of the Cat. By this means we should always know when she was about, and could easily retire while she was in the neighborhood.”

This proposal met with general applause, until an old mouse got up and said: “That is all very well, but who is to bell the Cat?” The mice looked at one another and nobody spoke. Then the old mouse said, “It is easy to propose impossible remedies.”

[Soul of the South]

“Jeffrey Carr, head of web security firm Taia Global, believes U.S. intelligence agencies have known for years that Russia is more capable in cyberspace than China, reports The Diplomat. He said Russia’s cyber threat was “underestimated” since it is capable of more sophisticated methods in cyber attacks compared to China. “

Quoting Barack Hussein Obama in one of the 2012 election debates:

“Gov. Romney, I’m glad that you recognize that al Qaeda is a threat,” Obama said, “because a few months ago when you were asked what’s the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia.”

“The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because the Cold War’s been over for 20 years,” Obama said.

The media joined Obama in laughing at the time.