Less than a week after Russia marked its annual Victory Day commemoration of the end of the Second World War, NATO troops began planned military exercises in Estonia all the way up to Russia’s border. It begs the question – are these people actually mad? If this doesn't qualify as a provocation, what does? Why is the West and NATO intent on pursuing a cold war strategy when it comes to Russia? How can it possibly profit Western countries and their citizens to experience a return to the decades of enmity previous generations endured, with all the dangers that such a state of mutual antagonism brings? Russia considers its security to be every bit as precious and non-negotiable as the US, UK, France, Germany do theirs, with its people and government reminded of the centrality of security to the nation’s well being each Victory Day. A nation that lost and sacrificed so much in the war against fascism seven decades ago would be remiss if it did not refuse to countenance any attempt to weaken or probe its defenses today. It simply cannot be allowed to happen. Why do we continue to provocate the nation of Russia through NATO. It seems like the global elite in NATO and the UN are really pushing for that war that will possibly turn the United Nations into a one world government. Remember America WW1 created the League of Nations, then WW2 created the Untied Nations. If WW3 breaks out it would only give the assumption that such an event would create one nation, for things that unite always become one. We have Trump running as are president who is super against the whole establishment system and globalization, so we now possibly have NATO trying to egg Russia on to get Russia to act so a major war event unfolds in this world. Remember also that a major war can give a US president a Constitutional third term as president in a time of major war. NATO might perhaps be doing these exercises on Russian borders, so that Obama remains president and Trump doesn't replace Obama. We can only hope that Putin doesn't bite the bait.