Amid Fear Stoked By Fake News, Obama Quietly Deployed Special Forces Along Russian BorderBy Claire Bernish Russian operation hacked a Vermont utility, showing risk to U.S. electrical grid security, officials say, the Post declared in the headline of its article, since fully retracted after wrongly warping public perception for being Fake News. Parroted relentlessly by additional corporate outlets, the Posts viral articles fed equally vapid claims from the Obama administration that Russia somehow poses an imminent threat both to the U.S. and NATO allies along the Russian border. However, with all of these empty allegations of Russian aggression, even the chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Petr Pavel, denounced the hysteria, stating, It is not the aim of NATO to create a military barrier against broad-scale Russian aggression because such aggression is not on the agenda and no intelligence assessment suggests such a thing. Nevertheless, President Obama has quietly deployed dozens of additional special forces to bolster defense in Lithuania, who ostensibly feels threatened by continued Russian aggression after the country took over Crimea. The United States was the first to offer additional safety assurance measures to the Baltic countries following the deterioration of the security situation in the region after the annexation of the Crimea, said Asta Galdikaite, Lithuanian Defence Ministry spokeswoman, as cited by the Express. US Special Operations Forces presence in Lithuania is one of the deterrents to thwart aggressive moves by Moscow, she added. But what the U.S. and allied nations have cited as a military threat from Russia the deployment of nuclear-capable missile systems to Kaliningrad, which borders Lithuania, in November more accurately constituted President Vladimir Putins defensive response to the rapidly increasing NATO presence along its border with Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland. Theyre scared to death of Russia, head of the Pentagons Special Operations Command, Gen. Raymond T. Thomas, said of the small militaries of the Baltic States, for the New York Times. They are very open about that. Theyre desperate for our leadership, he continued, adding, Do the Russians know were here? Yes. According to the Times, In response to Russias annexation of Crimea and the clandestine war in eastern Ukraine, as well as Moscows heightened military force on patrol off the coasts of the Baltics and Western Europe, the United States and its NATO allies have bolstered their own military exercises in recent years, and this spring will send battalions of 800 to 1,200 troops to each of the three Baltic States and Poland. Moscow has repeatedly warned the rapidly amassing NATO troop presence along Russias borders constitutes a direct threat to its sovereignty and Putin cautioned this could merit a military response. If someone threatens our territories, it means that we will have to aim our armed forces accordingly at the territories from where the threat is coming, he asserted in a press statement in mid-2016. How else could it be? It is NATO thats approaching our borders, its not like we are moving anywhere. However, that admonishment went unheeded by Western nations, and, as The Free Thought Project previously reported, Tangibly tempting fate just over a week later, NATO announced the tripling of its 13,000-strong Response Force along member states Russian borders to at least 40,000 troops next year as well as the formation of a new Very High Readiness Joint Task Force, also called Spearhead Force, of an additional 5,000 combat-ready troops. With diplomatic relations between the Kremlin and White House sinking to a nadir unprecedented since the time of the original Cold War, deploying an ever-mushrooming number of troops to provoke Russia in the name of defending NATO allies is needlessly playing with fire. Amid the aforementioned and as-yet unproven allegations The Russians hacked systems of the Democratic National Committee and John Podesta, Obama announced the U.S. would impose sanctions against Russia and expel 35 diplomats. Thus the world held its breath to see if Moscow would respond in kind or possibly react militarily but, despite irate promises from Russian officials for the expulsion of U.S. diplomats, Putin coolly declined diplomatic tit-for-tat. While Russia and NATO officials might have known these dozens of commandos had been surreptitiously inserted into the military mix in Lithuania, the news has only now been made public knowledge. Whether or not President-elect Donald Trump will continue increasing U.S. troop numbers in support of this particular NATO operation remains unknown, as he previously expressed ambivalence toward the Baltic states. Just weeks remain for the outgoing, apparently Russophobic Obama administration plenty of time for the Washington Post and the rest of corporate media to continue slanting public perception of the situation to fit the U.S.-backed NATO agenda that amounts to aggression against Russia. Claire Bernish writes for TheFreeThoughtProject.com, where this article first appeared. Oreo-Obombinator didnt do anything other than read his tele-prompter amid briefings as a Talking Head for the out-going edicts decrees from the dank fetid 8 yr.infestation of dual-citzen neoziocon administration of rabid sociopaths swamp creature spider webs, crocodiles, snakes jackals that have steadily drained the life blood feasted upon the carcass of Freedom of Speech in Mom Pop America. Wut eddy posted. Im sure Americas paid assassins presence is marked by the Kremlin and they are watched closely. They can be of no assistance to the Baltic States if Russia really wanted to invade, but they serve the purpose of continual provocation of the Russians. One would have to wonder just how truly foolish the NATO nations are to allow constant provocation when they should know that their nations will be the first to suffer if the provocations actually produce a backlash. Obama wants to start a war with Russia and leave it for Trump as a going away present. 