While Danish granolaheads were having a "peace festival" on the strategic Danish island of Bornholm, little did they know that Mr. Putin faked a bomber attack with live missiles on this strategic rock. Bornholm is a thorn in the Russian bear's side because it allows electronic monitoring of Russian signal traffic from its huge naval base at Kaliningrad and many Soviet - I mean Russian - military operations in northern Russia. The Danes are alarmed and are starting to talk with their neighbors about beefing up regional defenses in case The Bear has more on its mind than just grumbling.
England too got another taste of Putin's special recipe when he sent a destroyer and a few other ships escorted by bombers sweeping through the English Channel. UK interceptors in Scotland have been getting regular workouts over the last 1-2 years from Russian bombers probing British air defenses for their reaction times.
On another note, the German defense minister this week assured Estonia that if the Russians move on Estonia or the other Baltic states, Germany will come to their aid. It begs the question "With what?" since the Germans have pretty much stripped their military forces of any credible capabilities, but at least it's lip service and maybe they will even start to beef up their forces.
Meanwhile, President Rainbow continues with his rose-colored glasses looking at a world that is rapidly changing and pretending it's Woodstock. Peace out, babe. Somebody's going to get hurt.
townhall.com/columnists/austinbay/2015/04/15/the-bluff-attack-on-bornholm-kremlin-tests-nato-solidarity-n1985282
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