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| U.S. Troops to Stay in Poland, Baltics Through 2015 |
| 2014-11-24 |
| [AnNahar] U.S. troops will remain in Poland and the Baltic states through 2015 "to deter Russian aggression," the top U.S. commander for Europe said on Sunday. "There are going to be U.S. army forces here in Lithuania as well as Estonia and Latvia and Poland for as long as it's required to deter Russian aggression," said Lt. General Ben Hodges, commander of U.S. Army Europe. "We have planned rotations out through next year. Units are designated that will continue to do this," he told news hounds in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. The United States sent about 600 troops in April to the ex-Soviet Baltic states and former Warsaw Pact member Poland in response to tension with Russia over the war in Ukraine. European NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... allies have also deployed hundreds of troops for exercises in recent months. The alliance has also boosted its airforce presence in the region. Hodges said NATO should guard its unity at a time when Russia is "trying to intimidate" it's neighbors with military drills and frequent violation of their airspace. "The discipline, unity of the nations is really very important at this point, so that a small incident doesn't lead to something that didn't have to happen," the general said. NATO has accused Moscow of sending troops to fight alongside separatists in eastern Ukraine. Moscow denies involvement in the fighting, although it openly gives the rebels political backing and non-lethal supplies. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 The higher issue or question is what will GERMANY'S ROLE/UTILITY BE - "STATUS QUO" [neutral], OR REARMED-N-NUKULAAR??? Ditto as per "Neo-Ottoman", Islamist + ISIS pressured TURKEY. Lest we fergit, CHRISTIAN GERMANY is roughly in Front of TURKEY, RUSSIA is to Turkey's North + Rear. NO ONE WANTS A WEAK GERMANY FACING THE HARD BOYZ + NUCLEAR? JIHAD ONCE THE LATTER BEGIN PENETRATING + STRIKING INTO EUROPE PROPER. And the Hard Boyz will come because the US-West are more interested in entrenching + expanding the National, Global Welfare-Nanny Socialist Model, + Anti-US OWG Global Federal Unions, NOT NATIONAL OR REGIONAL SECURITY. THE MORE THE HARD BOYZ ATTACK-N-SUCCEED, THE BETTER FOR HARDLINE, ANTI-US/WESTERN OWG-NWO + WORLD SOCIALISM. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-11-24 22:21 |
| #4 It's not a trip wire if it's not attached to anything of importance. I'm sure Putin quakes at the thought of a State Department Hashtag counter attack. /sarc off |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-11-24 11:28 |
| #3 So, how does it feel to be the sacrificial trip wire, knowing that your boss won't push the button anyway? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-11-24 07:35 |
| #2 Don't want a war with Islam---want a war with Russia instead? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-11-24 02:40 |
| #1 Yup, tanks and missile systems plus crews and spec ops are non-lethal. /s |
| Posted by: tipover 2014-11-24 01:30 |