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President Barack Obama's message to Russian president Vladimir Putin when traveling to Europe next week is to not "even think about messing around" with the Baltic states, the White House said Friday.
Read the article here: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/white-house-putin-dont-even-214107060.html
What Obama is telling Putin is that Article 5 of the NATO Treaty means that if it messes with the Baltic states or any other member of NATO it will be messing with NATO, including the USA.
If Obama and NATO were serious, and I wish they were, they would be amassing significant forces and equipment in Belarus as he speaks - his words have been proven to be empty rhetoric and embarrassing. What ever happened to "speak softly, and carry a big stick"?
With Obama abandoning Eastern Europe by dropping the missile shield and with no obvious buildup of forces, just what is the "or else" part of this empty threat supposed to involve? Putin can't fly to NYC anymore?