War games in full swing
Published: 26 September, 2008, 16:44
The ‘Center-2008’ military exercises took place near the city of Orenburg on the Volga river. More then 12,000 troops participated along with about 1,000 combat ground vehicles, jet aircraft, helicopters and rocket artillery. The war games reached its pea
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I find it very strange that any war games between Nato and Russia should be taken seriously. I would think that Nato would be mature enough by now to not see Russia as a threat or vice versa. The cold war is over but any agression by Nato against Russia should be a problem for the whole world. It is about time that Nato and Russia become partners and stop viewing each other as enemies. I know that the people of Canada are tired of being told by the US whom we should fear. I would like to see Canada withdraw from Nato and organize a new world strategy, and stop following US forgein policy.