However, he argues, it is NATO which is actually unpredictable along with some of its member countries. In order to understand why this is the case, one needs to look at what the alliance is actually up to today.
Since the abolishment of the Warsaw Treaty Organization, the author says, the North Atlantic Alliance ceased to exist as a full-fledged military block and has become an umbrella for foreign intelligence, headed by the US and working against Russia in its traditional way.
It has a certain function – to imitate the threats said to be poised by Russia and to create plans to counter such threats. It should also keep provoking Russia so that its response could act as a confirmation of its “aggressiveness.”
That is why Eastern European countries purposely keep alive the myth of “Soviet occupation” and the Swedes and the Brits from time to time "chase Russian submarines in their waters".
However the international situation brings up new challenges that neither the alliance nor its patrons are able to cope with.
In particular, NATO took no notice of either the long-standing war in Syria, or the creation of the so-called Islamic quasi-state (also known as Daesh) in the Middle East. Its annexation of huge territories and execution of thousands of innocent women and children also went unnoticed by NATO.
Neither did the huge influx of refugees into Europe as an aftermath of this war nor the terrorist attacks in France.
So, the author puts up a logical question: what is it that such a mighty military and political block is so busy with that can cause it to distance itself from such a dire threat as Daesh?
And for the sake of what security, if not for the whole world, then for Europe, the alliance keeps enlarging and swelling?
Will NATO Go to War With Russia Over Turkey?
The present mission of NATO is to demonstrate a “confrontation” towards Russian “imperial intentions” and use it as an excuse to frighten the European public. In the sense, the generals and servants of the alliance are doing a pretty good job.
However many within NATO might have understood long ago that Russia is threatening neither Europe nor the world and has no intention of fighting with western countries, nor performing any unfriendly actions, if not provoked to do so.
On the other hand, the author is sure that Russia won’t be left alone in the international arena. It will be joined not only by France but by other European countries in its fight against a coalition of terrorist states, such as Daesh, Ukraine and now, alongside them, Turkey as well as Saudi Arabia and Qatar which encourage the Islamist radicals.
