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US Army Plans to Send Abrams Tanks and Bradleys to Eastern Europe
2014-12-03
"I think that what they [the Russians] do want to do is to create that ambiguity, plant the seeds of uncertainty so that the alliance members lose confidence that the rest of the alliance would come to their aid if they were, in fact, attacked," Hodges said.
So, the Rooskies are doing it right...right?
Posted by:Tholung Noodleman4539

#5  ANTI-ISLAMIST, JIHADI OWG GLOBAL CENTCOM CRIMEA ... ...

* GROONG > [Armenian News] RUSSIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS IMPORTANT FOR SOUTH CAUCASUS REGION.

versus

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > CHINA: THE UNSATISFIED POWER.

IMO Artic gives more reasons why a China-vs-Japan andor China-vs-Phil/Vietnam/ASEAN war, oer pro-PLA strategic access + to ultimately involve the USA, is more likely than not in the near-term.

* SAME > [National Post] TIME FOR JAPAN TO GET ITS OWN NUCLEAR WEAPONS?

* FYI MANILA TIMES > EDCA: INCONVENIENT TRUTHS ABOUT THE US ALLIANCE [US-Philippines].

ARTIC = ...
> PHIL is on its own on the High Seas agz China???
> Recent events indic or allude that the US is VERY FAST TO DEFEND JAPAN AGZ CHINA, BUT VERY SLOW - ALMOST RELUCTANT? - TO DEFEND THE PHILIIPINES AGZ SAME???

[BRAD PITT'S "WORLD WAR Z" + NOT-THE-USA-BUT-UNITED-NATIONS/OWG? 7TH FLEET here].

Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-12-03 23:05  

#4  Personally, I'm interpreting as a slow surrender of the US-NATO/EU to the concept of Western + Eastern JudeoChristianity, or at least Christianity, creating a PCorrect-Deniable bulwark or bastion agz Hard Boy penetration into Europe vee the Black Sea Region + peripherals.

As per the still-escalating US-vs-China situation in East Asia + Pacific, GUAM-WESTPAC demands to be monitored + bombed by Darth Vlad + his LR "BEAR" Bombers to deter China - simil NATO-EU can accept Russian control of the Crimea, iff not 1/2 or most of the Black Sea Region, to help NATO-EU deter the Hard Boyz.

"And so it begins ...", as the saying goes.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-12-03 21:52  

#3  ..they had that before. They called it the Warsaw Pact. They could further relieve traditional Russian imperialism paranoia by putting Russians back in command as well. /sarc off
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-12-03 15:50  

#2  I think a bit of akido would be better. Eastern European nations should simply draw up a mutual defense pact clear of NATO and western Europe and talk to the Russians about purchasing military vehicles.

This would help the Russians with their paranoia problems and give them a large customer at the same time.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2014-12-03 14:29  

#1  Generals S. Rice and V. Jarret behind this strategic move (sarc)?
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-12-03 14:24  

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