February 19, 2016 --

The lead editorial in The New York Times, February 3, gave lukewarm backing to  a U.S. plan to station some five thousand troops in Hungary, Romania and the Baltic countries "at all times."  The editorial went on to report:  "Under a 1997 agreement, NATO and Russia agreed not to permanently station troops or nuclear forces on each other's borders."  The editorial then  noted:  "The Americans say the plan would not violate this pledge because the troops will rotate, even though the effect sill be a constant presence."  

And if Putin sent rotating  troops permanently on the borders of NATO countries?  

LPR can easily imagine the denunciations from Sen. McCain, and  presidential candidates Clinton, Rubio, Bush and Kasich.

What a presidential campaign where only Donald J. Trump does not sound like a war-hawk out to get regime change in Russia.