NATO has said it has 4,000 pages detailing how it would respond to a possible escalation with Moscow on the bloc\u2019s eastern flank<\/p>\n
Europe\u2019s accelerated moves to deter conflict with Russia could end up provoking one, RT contributor Rachel Marsden has said.
\nRussian officials have repeatedly rejected claims that they have aggressive designs against the EU and NATO, saying that they are contrived by Western politicians to scare the population at home and justify growing military spending. Moscow has said a conflict with its European neighbors is only possible if Russia is attacked first.
\nSpeaking to RT on Monday, Marsden said that Europe \u201cis having one of those moments when everyone insists that they\u2019re preparing for peace, which apparently involves a whole lot of paperwork about war.\u201d
\n\u201cEuropean governments are increasing defense spending, rebuilding military capacity, and discussing what they might do if a confrontation with Russia widens,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n
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The RT contributor mentioned last week\u2019s statement by the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, who said that the bloc has developed 4,000 pages of military plans detailing a response to a possible escalation with Moscow.
\nEurope insists that it\u2019s looking to avoid a conflict with Russia and that a direct clash is only a contingency, but with \u201can awful lot of detail devoted to Plan B it starts to sound suspiciously like Plan A,\u201d she noted.
\n\u201cThe existence of military plans does not by itself prove that either side intends to start a war with the other, but it does show how thoroughly the possibility of one has really at this point been built into the everyday operating system,\u201d Marsden said.
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