[RussianConservative]

Truly disturbing, even to me,

If Russian somewhere in world pass gas, you accuse conspiracy.

[Pubbie]

"did not imagine that the Kremlin would become so overt so early on. I thought they would stick in a few more knives before starting to twist them."

The article does NOT say ANYWHERE that Russia is going to preemptively attack NATO!

The headline is misleading - Reread the article!

[Destro]

The only conspiracy I see is on the part of NATO.

NATO commander says Black Sea of strategic importance for enlarged alliance

The Black Sea is going to become a very strategic path for the flow of ressources," Johnson said.

"The Bulgarian navy could play a very substantive role for the security of the southeastern flank of NATO.

(It) can provide a valuable contribution for our collective security with proactive deployments in the Black Sea."

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"Proactive" NATO deployments in the Black Sea, eh? Bosnia to Kosovo to FYROM to Bulgaria and on to.......

Proactive: acting in anticipation of future problems, needs, or changes.