Tensions are mounting every day that passes with both Putin and Russia with China next door as a current enemy as well. These tensions are a DIRECT result of having the weakest President in recent history and the quest for oil in both sides sights. There is no mistake that the once dormant Russia has made it's powerful moves in their Region along with openly arming America's enemies through literal shipments of arms as well as their power in the U.N. arena. It became very clear that Russia became an antagonist Nation when the swept through Crimea and seized it from the sovereign Country of Ukraine. The "vote" of the Crimean people to leave Ukraine was a complete farce and was fraudulent as Putin's Military and BRUTAL Special Units such as the KGB/Spetsnaz already had complete control of the entire Crimean Peninsula and people. Obviously as we speak Russia is not only providing "Ukrainian Separatists" with weapons from rifles, artillery, to armored vehicles, tanks, and heavy weapons to take out Ukrainian Tanks and Air assets (take the shooting down of the Civilian Airliner for example). It is also proven that Russia also has their Special Forces-Spetsnaz and many paramilitary soldiers working embedded in the highly paid/trained Ukrainian Separatist Army.....as some of these Russians have been captured alive or found dead after battle.
To make matters more tense and steps more boldly towards provocation towards a conflict, Russia now lays verbal claim to the oil deposits deep under water in the Arctic Circle that have gone untapped due to the Global move to prevent drilling in these areas due to "Global Warming" and the Wildlife that is supposedly "Endangered" such as the Polar Bear, certain fish/crustacean/sea mammal species, and the Sea Ice itself. As much as Obama is against drilling in these areas, with the amount of oil and natural gas deposits in these "Free for All Waters" Obama has changed his tone and has refused to allow Russia's claims to be respected and there are Ice-Breakers and Naval Vessels battling their way to the frozen north as we speak (trust me, winter is on it's way up here in Alaska as night time temps are down near freezing already and Termination Dust has settled on the mountain tops and is working it's way down to lower elevations every week). With Obama's negligent dismantling of our Military well known and underway Alaska has seen quite the flop to a once bleak Military presence in the Last Frontier. We have faced all but certain Base closure here in the Interior (Fairbanks) of one AFB that once housed F-16's/F-15's/and the Infantry's Angel, the A-10 Warthog. But instead Anchorge now has the F-22's stationed there along with the 4-25 Airborne Brigade at the Joint Army Fort, Richardson/AFB, Elmendorf known as JBER (Joint Base Elmendorf and Richardson). The all but closed AFB up here now is to remain open and kept not only it's F-16's/F-15's (A-10's were moved to the Lower 48 several years ago) but is keeping and growing it's rather large Surveillance and Refueling Fleet to supplement what they have at JBER as well. Here in Fairbanks at Fort Wainwright the Army has the best and newest Brigade out there with the Strykers as well as a very large Aviation Brigade that has dozens of Blackhawks, dozens of Kiowas, as well as a large amount of Chinooks-both older style and new style. Recently the Senators of Alaska announced Fort Wainwright will be a new home to 24 Apache Attack Helicopters as well as 9 armed Drones.
Considering our location, 60 miles at one point from the Russian Mainland, I find this to be of no coincidence. Apaches are not long range helicopters without refueling at a FARP and the introduction of 9 Armed Drones (type is not known to me at the time, but they are not Predators or Global Hawks) are obviously a power flex to Russia but they are not temporary as NEW facilities are being built on base to house these killer machines. To top it off the Pentagon just released that the Air Force will be sending a pretty large number of the F-22 Raptors to a location in Europe (unnamed) that is within striking distance of Russia....which can be anywhere when the said jet cruises at Mach 1 with no afterburners. I'm not worried, but I can't ignore what is in front of me. We are clearly building up and Putin is clearly wreck-less as a leader of such a large Military Force and from the research I've done.....I think Putin would go to war, even if he KNEW he would lose, to save face and his pride. He is a dangerous man, as is any that is hellbent on going down in the History books so he is never forgotten. Anyone else see this or is it just me?