While Anders Fogh Rasmussen speeds up the creation of a rapid action force against Russia, Vladimir Putin will alter Russia’s military doctrine to repeal new threats coming from within NATO. MOSCOW – NATO is prepared for any contingency that threatens its Member States. In line with the increasing Russian involvement in the Ukrainian conflict, NATO has accelerated its plans to create a rapid reaction force composed of “several thousand” soldiers, who in the words of Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, would be able to respond to any threat within hours. Some sources say such force would have at least 4000 troops, but NATO insists that the amount will have to be approved previous to any deployment is issued. Yesterday, Vladimir Putin commented that if he had wanted to take over Ukraine he could have done it in just two weeks time, a statement which seems to have been responded to by NATO’s intention to have a small army to intervene on any conflict where it deems its Member States are threatened. The justification Rasmussen offers to create this force and increase the Allied presence in Eastern Europe is the alarm produced by Russian movements. “We do not do this because we want to attack anyone, but the dangers and threats are more visible” he said without mentioning Russia by name.
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