NATO needs a huge military build-up in eastern Europe’s “front line states”, the British Prime Minister wrote in a letter to the alliance’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and the 27 other NATO country leaders.
Russia is the enemy and NATO must rethink its long-term relationship with Russia and strengthen the alliance’s ability to respond quickly to the threat, David Cameron declared on Saturday.
Cameron’s plea comes as senior British military personnel in June suggested that Britain’s defence spending would soon fall below Nato’s target of 2 per cent of gross domestic product.
Only four countries spend two percent of gross domestic product on NATO defence, signalling little enthusiasm for Cameron’s cause.
“In 2014, the world is more unpredictable than ever and we meet at another pivotal moment in the history of the alliance,” Cameron wrote.
Britain and the US have ripped up the rulebook of international law with their illegal and aggressive destabilisation of Ukraine, but Cameron nevertheless aimed his rant solely at “Russian aggression”.
Britain is being accused moreover of having committed war crimes in Iraq and Libya with NATO’s blessing by various members of Britain’s parliament.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu called for Tony Blair to be treated as other alleged war criminals earlier and be tried at the International Criminal Court at The Hague.
Cameron has also drawn fierce criticism because of his support for Israel’s attacks on Palestinians, qualifying as war crimes some legal specialists say.
His latest campaign against Russia suggests a need to shift the spotlight from the mounting tide against neo-British imperialist tendencies: “To the south, an arc of instability spreads from north Africa and the Sahel, to Syria, Iraq and the wider Middle East.
Cameron continued sternly: “So we must use the [coming Nato] summit [at the Celtic Manor resort near Newport] to agree how NATO should adapt to respond to and deter such threats [as Russia]; and to ensure the continued collective defence of all its members.”
He added that NATO had to address “the risks and challenges posed by failed states, regional conflicts, terrorism and cyber-attacks”.
Cameron’s drive towards war for Europe comes after what Downing Street insiders describe as the prime minister’s unusually animated response to the downing of a Malaysian airliner.
Number 10 insiders told the FT the “Ukraine crisis has signalled to the prime minister that Russia is no longer a lucrative potential export market” after Russia provided the international community with detailed data on the crash.
The British and Americans are increasingly frustrated as they have not managed to fully incriminate Russia for what they themselves describe as a “mistaken” missile attack on flight MH17.
Cameron’s comments echo a proposal by Nato’s Europe commander, General Philip Breedlove, nicknamed “Strangelove” after a character in a Stanley Kubrick film called Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
According to the FT Breedlove advocates stockpiling a base in Poland with enough weapons, ammunition and other supplies to support a rapid deployment of thousands of troops against Russia.
