Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya: Russian War Games send a Strong Message

Against NATO intervention in Syria. Is there any connection, between events in Syria, unless US tension with North Korea, and Russia's impromptu Black Sea war games, that started on March 28, 2013? While on his way from Durban in South Africa, where the BRICS, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa announced they were forming a new development bank to challenge the IMF and the World Bank, Russia's Vladimir Putin gave the go ahead for unscheduled war games in the Black Sea. By themselves the games mean little, but in a Global context, they mean a lot. According to the Kremlin, the war games involved about 7,000 Russian servicemen, Russian Special Forces, Russian Marines, and airborne rapid development troops. All of Russia's different services were involved, and used the exercises to test their interoperability. Over thirty Russian warships based out of the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol in the Crimean Peninsula, and the Russian port of Novorossiysk in Krasnodar Krai will be participating. The objective of the games are to show, that Russia could mobilize for any event at a moments notice. The war games surprised the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Who even complained the Russian war games started in the Black Sea without prior notice. In fact, NATO asked Russia to be more open about its moves, and give NATO Headquarters in Brussels notice of its military movements in the future. Alexander Vershbow, the American Deputy Secretary General of NATO, even demanded maximum transparency from Russia. One may ask, why the rattled bones? Is it mere coincidence, that Russia is flexing its muscles, after NATO revealed it was developing contingency plans, for a Libya style intervention in Syria on March 20? Two days later, Israel and Turkey ended their diplomatic row through a timely agreement, that with Obama's help, a deal was made with Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, to end the diplomatic rift over the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara in 2010. Days later, this event was followed by the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), a phoney opposition organization constructed by the US, UK, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey being ceremoniously given Syria's seat at the Arab League. In what appears to be an attempt at repeating the Libya scenario, the SNC is being recognized as the government of Syria. At the Arab League summit at repeating the Libya scenario, the SNC is being recognized as the government of Syria.