NATO is a military alliance, and it is therefore even more dangerous to have it flying armed nuclear weapons close to Russia's borders than if it were an indivi

NATO is a military alliance, and it is therefore even more dangerous to have it flying armed nuclear weapons close to Russia's borders than if it were an individual country doing it. NATO is the threat that Russia is responding to by buffering its borders and protecting its nuclear-armed naval base on Crimea. Its not Russia putting American bombs within strike distance - its the USA and its criminal NATO partners.