By: Christopher Maffei
To start with closing both The Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits is an act of war against Russia.
But what does this mean? It means if the Russians are merciful they will spare Istanbul’s annihilation. Along with the Turkish general staff. NATO pressuring turkey and insisting on the closing of this strait can be a death sentence to the people in and around Turkish primary targets.
Or, another way of viewing this building crisis– NATO intelligence is most likely informing Turkish authorities to close the strait or face annihilation. Regardless, this is just speculation.
Make no mistake, one way or another, Russia will have to keep both the Bosphorus and Dardanelles open to the Russian Navy.
NATO is essentially holding the Turkish people hostage to the consequences of not allowing Russian naval traffic to pass– whatever those consequences are I have no idea. Russian strategic planners have gamed this scenario and have already formulated a course of action. Either way, this scenario doesn’t end well for either the Turkish or American people.
According to the USNI News, both RTS Marshal Ustinov [055] RFS Varyag [011] currently operating in the Mediterranean couldn’t enter the Black Sea. Meaning they were waiting near their naval base in Tartus. These two Russia’s Slava-class cruisers are currently stranded from their Crimean ports in Sevastopol.
The suicidal dumb shits within NATO– by closing the Bosphorus and Dardanelles are essentially forcing the Russians into a nuclear conflict. A conflict NATO can’t win. Of course, if everyone in the West is dead or picking threw the ashes of what is left of their families– no one’s going to tell them they were wrong. Maybe that is the plan?