許多有「俄羅斯威脅」的歐洲國家的人民都在嚎啾啾，向美國與NATO求救(下)
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接著，我們來讀倫敦「金融時報」一篇報導，看看俄羅斯周邊的小國如何驚恐，如何向美國及以美國為首的NATO(北大西洋公約組織)求救:
“Baltic States Urge Greater NATO Regional Presence”
By Richard Milne
Financial Times
4/10/2014
The three Baltic countries are urging Nato to base land forces permanently in the region to show Russia that the military alliance is serious about collective defence. [波羅的海三小國正在促請北大西洋公約組織，在它們的地區永久派駐陸軍，以便向俄羅斯顯示，北大西洋軍事聯盟對集體防衛是很認真看待的。]
Sven Mikser, Estonia’s defence minister, told the Financial Times that going beyond the current Nato air policing in the Baltics would send a strong message to Russia.
Security concerns in the region have grown following the annexation of Crimea by Russia and the build-up of Russian forces on Ukraine’s eastern border.
“We are interested in seeing as strong a Nato footprint as possible in the region...I believe, and I’m not alone, that the stronger deterrent value is land forces. Be it permanent here in the Baltics or some rotational units as in Turkey,” he said.
Nato currently provides fighter jets to patrol the skies over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Allies including the US, UK, Denmark, France and Germany have pledged more planes in the coming months in a move that could see the size of the patrols tripled.
Raimonds Vejonis, Latvia’s defence minister, told the Financial Times his country was also interested in having a permanent Nato base in the region. “Society is asking for real Nato bases in the Baltic region,” he said.
Joe Biden, the US vice-president, said last month that the US was considering rotating forces to the Baltics as part of an effort to bolster Nato. On Tuesday, Nato’s chief said the alliance must review where in Europe it permanently positions its troops amid lobbying by Poland as well for forces to be based there. [波蘭也在進行遊說，希望北大西洋公約組織派駐陸軍。]
Mr Mikser conceded that there were different views within the alliance on how strong a presence was needed in the Baltics for deterrence purposes.
A diplomat in the Baltics from a Nato country said: “Permanent land forces is not yet on the table. Too many people are worried about the signal that would send Russia. But some form of stepping up of military presence through increased exercises and pre-positioning is possible.”
Russia on Wednesday again rejected Ukraine’s and Nato’s questions about its troop movements, saying there was “no reason for concern”.
“Russia has repeatedly stated that it is not conducting any unusual or unanticipated activities of military significance on its territory close to the border with Ukraine,” said the foreign ministry.
Estonia has also been pushing for some of the additional fighter jets pledged for air policing to be based at its Ämari airfield in the north of the region. Currently, all Baltic air policing is down from Siauliai in Lithuania in the south of the region.
“[The extra aircraft] are a very welcome show of solidarity. We see it as a logical solution to base some of those aircraft in Ämari in Estonia...We would like to see them [in the region] permanently,” he said.
His comments sparked concern in Lithuania that it could lose some of the Nato presence on its soil. But Mr Mikser said he had reassured his colleague that he was not talking about “rebasing a lot” from Siauliai to Ämari.
The Estonian defence minister also called on Nato to hold more exercises in the region based on Article 5, which states that an attack on one country is an attack on the whole alliance. He said he was also interested in the “pre-positioning of naval assets”, which allows for speedier deployment of forces.
Estonia is alone in the Baltics in spending 2 per cent of GDP on its military budget – the Nato target – but both Latvia and Lithuania have pledged to increase their spending, currently below 1 per cent, to the goal by 2020.
The three Baltic states are the only former members of the Soviet Union to become members of Nato or the EU and have been some of the most vociferous in criticising Russia’s actions in Ukraine.Despite Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania being heavily linked to their bigger neighbour through trade and energy links, all three countries are pushing for tougher sanctions on Russia.
Mr Mikser said: “Estonia sees what is happening in and around Ukraine, and we can’t take a mercantile approach and try to calculate the pluses and minuses. It’s an existential issue.
“We can’t put that in money terms. It’s of vital importance that Russia feels the pain, feels there is a real price to be paid of acting irresponsibly even if it hurts us a bit,” he said.
〔Additional reporting by Kathrin Hille in Moscow〕
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現在民主與文明世界的西線吃緊[俄軍隨時可能入侵東烏克蘭，說不定就在這幾天，因為頓內次等地的俄裔正在鬧事，而莫斯科也在興風作浪，烏克蘭政府可能對他們採取軍事行動，如此就又授莫斯科口實，莫斯科會以保護俄裔為由，入侵烏克蘭，這項侵略行動會幫助西方與俄羅斯的對抗格局成形]，美國即使千百個不願意，注意力還是會移向歐洲，此時虎視眈眈的中國帝國主義者很可能在東亞蠢動，挑起戰端。
倘若中國在東亞進行軍事冒險，我們必須提醒與呼籲美國，先集中它比中國具有優勢的海空武力 ，進行「海空一體作戰」，先在東線迅速擊敗共軍，之後再以「陸空一體作戰」，挫折俄軍。
台灣建州運動發起人周威霖
David C. Chou
Founder, Formosa Statehood Movement
(an organization devoted in current stage to making Taiwan a territorial commonwealth of the United States)
接著，我們來讀倫敦「金融時報」一篇報導，看看俄羅斯周邊的小國如何驚恐，如何向美國及以美國為首的NATO(北大西洋公約組織)求救:
“Baltic States Urge Greater NATO Regional Presence”
By Richard Milne
Financial Times
4/10/2014
The three Baltic countries are urging Nato to base land forces permanently in the region to show Russia that the military alliance is serious about collective defence. [波羅的海三小國正在促請北大西洋公約組織，在它們的地區永久派駐陸軍，以便向俄羅斯顯示，北大西洋軍事聯盟對集體防衛是很認真看待的。]
Sven Mikser, Estonia’s defence minister, told the Financial Times that going beyond the current Nato air policing in the Baltics would send a strong message to Russia.
Security concerns in the region have grown following the annexation of Crimea by Russia and the build-up of Russian forces on Ukraine’s eastern border.
“We are interested in seeing as strong a Nato footprint as possible in the region...I believe, and I’m not alone, that the stronger deterrent value is land forces. Be it permanent here in the Baltics or some rotational units as in Turkey,” he said.
Nato currently provides fighter jets to patrol the skies over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Allies including the US, UK, Denmark, France and Germany have pledged more planes in the coming months in a move that could see the size of the patrols tripled.
Raimonds Vejonis, Latvia’s defence minister, told the Financial Times his country was also interested in having a permanent Nato base in the region. “Society is asking for real Nato bases in the Baltic region,” he said.
Joe Biden, the US vice-president, said last month that the US was considering rotating forces to the Baltics as part of an effort to bolster Nato. On Tuesday, Nato’s chief said the alliance must review where in Europe it permanently positions its troops amid lobbying by Poland as well for forces to be based there. [波蘭也在進行遊說，希望北大西洋公約組織派駐陸軍。]
Mr Mikser conceded that there were different views within the alliance on how strong a presence was needed in the Baltics for deterrence purposes.
A diplomat in the Baltics from a Nato country said: “Permanent land forces is not yet on the table. Too many people are worried about the signal that would send Russia. But some form of stepping up of military presence through increased exercises and pre-positioning is possible.”
Russia on Wednesday again rejected Ukraine’s and Nato’s questions about its troop movements, saying there was “no reason for concern”.
“Russia has repeatedly stated that it is not conducting any unusual or unanticipated activities of military significance on its territory close to the border with Ukraine,” said the foreign ministry.
Estonia has also been pushing for some of the additional fighter jets pledged for air policing to be based at its Ämari airfield in the north of the region. Currently, all Baltic air policing is down from Siauliai in Lithuania in the south of the region.
“[The extra aircraft] are a very welcome show of solidarity. We see it as a logical solution to base some of those aircraft in Ämari in Estonia...We would like to see them [in the region] permanently,” he said.
His comments sparked concern in Lithuania that it could lose some of the Nato presence on its soil. But Mr Mikser said he had reassured his colleague that he was not talking about “rebasing a lot” from Siauliai to Ämari.
The Estonian defence minister also called on Nato to hold more exercises in the region based on Article 5, which states that an attack on one country is an attack on the whole alliance. He said he was also interested in the “pre-positioning of naval assets”, which allows for speedier deployment of forces.
Estonia is alone in the Baltics in spending 2 per cent of GDP on its military budget – the Nato target – but both Latvia and Lithuania have pledged to increase their spending, currently below 1 per cent, to the goal by 2020.
The three Baltic states are the only former members of the Soviet Union to become members of Nato or the EU and have been some of the most vociferous in criticising Russia’s actions in Ukraine.Despite Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania being heavily linked to their bigger neighbour through trade and energy links, all three countries are pushing for tougher sanctions on Russia.
Mr Mikser said: “Estonia sees what is happening in and around Ukraine, and we can’t take a mercantile approach and try to calculate the pluses and minuses. It’s an existential issue.
“We can’t put that in money terms. It’s of vital importance that Russia feels the pain, feels there is a real price to be paid of acting irresponsibly even if it hurts us a bit,” he said.
〔Additional reporting by Kathrin Hille in Moscow〕
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現在民主與文明世界的西線吃緊[俄軍隨時可能入侵東烏克蘭，說不定就在這幾天，因為頓內次等地的俄裔正在鬧事，而莫斯科也在興風作浪，烏克蘭政府可能對他們採取軍事行動，如此就又授莫斯科口實，莫斯科會以保護俄裔為由，入侵烏克蘭，這項侵略行動會幫助西方與俄羅斯的對抗格局成形]，美國即使千百個不願意，注意力還是會移向歐洲，此時虎視眈眈的中國帝國主義者很可能在東亞蠢動，挑起戰端。
倘若中國在東亞進行軍事冒險，我們必須提醒與呼籲美國，先集中它比中國具有優勢的海空武力 ，進行「海空一體作戰」，先在東線迅速擊敗共軍，之後再以「陸空一體作戰」，挫折俄軍。
台灣建州運動發起人周威霖
David C. Chou
Founder, Formosa Statehood Movement
(an organization devoted in current stage to making Taiwan a territorial commonwealth of the United States)
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