Cold War v2.0: NATO Establishes Direct Hotline to Russian Defense Ministry

The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung breaks the news which should have every European civilian deeply concerned:
NATO Initiates Hotline to Russia’s Defense Ministry The story should worry everyone. This course of action has not occurred since the Cold War which infers that indeed, NATO military leadership feels there is a growing risk of a direct conflict between the two powers. From the article (Translated via Google):
NATO has for the first time since the Cold War ended again on a direct line to the Russian military. ‘NATO and the Russian military authorities maintain communication links. Both the Supreme Commander for Europe as well as the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee have permission to sit with their Russian counterparts in connection ‘, said the alliance with the request of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. The communication channels are always open and would be tested on a regular basis, it said.

This post was published at John Galt Fla on May 3, 2015.