PJ Media
Richard Fernandez
Apr. 3, 2017
Anyone who wants an overview of NATO politics and a tour d' horizon of Russia potential incursions into Ukraine and the Baltics should consider buying General Sir Richard Shirreff's novel War With Russia. The general, who only recently retired from the NATO post of Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe in 2014 describes a fictional war between the alliance and Vladimir Putin's Russia in 2017.
The timeline is so current that many of the book's characters are played by persons with real names, Putin most prominent among them. Though the Russian strongman is the main villain of the story there are plenty of odious characters on the Western side. Obama is mentioned seven times by name as facing the wrong way, abdicating diplomatic responsibilities, drawing elastic red lines and generally making a mess of things. David Cameron comes off as little better than a dishonest opportunist. Trump is criticized twice for casting doubt on American commitments to Europe. The Western Europeans if anything, fare far worse. The Greeks are portrayed left wing buffoons. The Germans balk at everything. The French want to lead everything. And yet nobody -- nobody but America that is -- has anything.
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