{head shaking}
Yup, I quit reading right there.
Some points I noted along the way....
The bases will be used for logistics, reconnaissance and mission planning, and will boast permanent ‘multinational’ staffs of between 300 and 600 ‘employees’ per base, (’Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported’)
The ‘workforce’ figures ‘exclude actual troops’, whose deployment in Eastern Europe ‘is limited’ by a 1997 treaty between Russia and NATO known as ‘the Founding Act’, the report said.
But “small contingents” of NATO troops will be present at the bases at all times, the Daily said, citing a classified draft plan of the alliance’s revamp.
NATO will have a 4,000-strong rapid reaction force ready to deploy in the east within two to seven days, the report said.
Looks like this is to only “contain” Russia from what they perceive as a threat to Nato Member Nations.