By IRNA,
Berlin : The former head of the planning staff at the German Defense Ministry, Ulrich Weisser on Wednesday lashed out at US policy in East Europe and the Caucasus region.
“The development in Georgia shows clearly the fateful consequences of an American policy which have been directed for quite some time at strengthening its own sphere of influence in Eastern Europe and Asia without taking into account Russian sensitivities,” Weisser wrote in a commentary for the Cologne-based daily Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger.
The retired vice-admiral added that the recent Georgian military initiative in South Ossetia could “not have taken place without the knowledge of the American government.”
Weisser warned NATO of an imminent “dangerous confrontation with Russia”, if Georgia becomes a member of the western military pact without resolving its territorial problems.