Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Alexander Golts: Why NATO should erect a monument to Putin
A NATO official once told me that Brussels is practically obligated to build a monument to French General Charles de Gaulle. After all, he said, it was de Gaulle's decision to evict NATO's headquarters from Paris that eventually turned Brussels into the capital of Europe's bureaucracy. That, in turn, provided jobs and income for the residents of Belgium's stagnant capital. Now is the time for NATO to think about building a monument to President Vladimir Putin. After all, it was his decision to annex Crimea and the growing threat of a Russian invasion into southeastern Ukraine that has given NATO functionaries and military personnel plenty of work for what I am afraid might be a very long time to come.