The Black Sea was far outside NATO’s traditional theater of operations for most of the Alliance’s history. However, Brussels and Washington have been piling up their military assets and visibility in the region like bees at a honey pot – or like a rogue herd of elephants charging off the edge of a cliff.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2019/06/no_author/us-nato-consumed-by-black-sea-madness/