Continuing to play up the possibility of fighting a land war with Russia, Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, the head of America’s European Command, today told the House Armed Services Committee that he needs a larger combat force, including an armored division and more warships.
“We need a greater force there,” Scaparrotti insisted, saying that more armored and mechanized brigades are needed in Europe along with offer appropriate artillery and air defense for a full-scale war with Russia. He also sought more anti-submarine capability.
Scaparrotti made headlines last week by falsely claiming that it was possible Russia was providing military support for the Taliban in the Afghan War, while offering no evidence to support the allegation. He insisted during today’s comments he needs “greater intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets.”
When asked why the US is suddenly needing so much additional military fcrce in Europe, Scaparrotti cited Russia’s annexation of crimea, insisting it proved Russia is “a competitor” to the United States in Eastern Europe, and that the US needs more forces there to “prevent” war.
Recent pro-empire columns have labeled both Milos Zeman &Viktor Orban as Putin fan boys. We’re talking about the President of the Czech Republic and the Pime Minister of Hugary – two places with the biggest inate Russpohobia on the planet or legitimate reasons.
If the Czechs and the Hungarian’s aren’t nervous about Russia, why should we be??
The Czechs and the Hungarians I think are about right , They know NATO is causing trouble .
Truth is, Eric, NATO’s been causing trouble for years. A few years after having broken up Yugoslavia, the North Atlantic Terrorist Organization, led by the USSA, moved into the Middle East with the invasion of Iraq and into Central Asia with the invasion of Afghanistan. The Zionist Entity, who controls the USSA/UK/NATO, is pushing for war with Russia, China and Iran, and the Czechs and Hungarians want no part of it. They know Russia’s not the problem; thus, they aren’t nervous.
So, USA must go to war against “competitors” in Eastern Europe? Sounds thuggish enough to give McCain a tingle in his Depends.
Scapparrotti strives to be the latest “gangster for capitalism,” as Smedley Butler once disparagingly referred to himself.
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annexationrestoration of Crimea to Russia is the gift that keeps on giving. It justifies all future aggression against them.Putin did the right thing. The Neocons would not have stopped after making Crimea a NATO port, they would have kept pushing until Russia was either forced into an ‘act of aggression’ or until their country was destabilized.
Wrong the illegal creation of Kosovo from Serbia brought us South Ossetia and Crimea . North American terrorist organization NATO is NAZI and the military arm of the NWO
Spot on, Eric .. It was indeed the illegal creation of Kosovo from Serbia that brought us South Ossetia and Crimea. North American Terrorist Organization NATO is definitely evil and the military arm of the NWO.
This is why NATO never disbanded when the Warsaw Pact did and the USSR as well. It was hijacked by Zionists and the Rothschild Khazar Mafia right after the Cold War ended.
They must test the mental health of all US military officers, and then promote the ones who are most insane.
we drug test our base ball players . when will start testing congress and the military officers .
I thought Trump wanted to try to make friends with Russia I thought he was gong to work to bring us good affordable health care t where everybody would be covered .. But instead it looks like he is more interested in republican care which might be even worse than Obama care . Trump better call this stupid general home . We will not being going to war against Russia we will be going to war against Russia and China . If the Serbs wish to separate from Bosnia they are very likely going to get help from both Russia and China . Both Russia and China were very much against what we illegally did to Yugoslavia . And now they are in a better position to be able to do something about .
they have been preparing for a confrontation for almost 20 years now after we attacked them both almost 17 years ago .. China said they have not forgotten or forgiven what we did to them in Yugoslavia .
And why should China forget or forgive the deliberate bombing of its embassy in Belgrade and the killing of its staff?
fwiw, it’s pretty certain that the US made a deal with China on that one. I think it would be only arrogance that would prevent anyone from understanding that.
That which was deliberate needed to be put off as a mistake, and mistakes are paid for dearly. US policy would have asked for secrecy on the terms to which China agreed.
If people like you are coming to the right conclusions on Trump being a phony and a liar eric, then Trump can’t have much support left. Excepting the stubborn bas-ards like Raimondo who now knows he’s wrong but he can’t admit it.
There is little doubt that Trump will accede to the request, but again it will be ignored by Raimondo.
Another piece of evidence that NATO is NOT NEEDED to get Europe into war with Russia, helped by the USA, which Trump alleges needs more money as well, to help the USA do what is not needed or wanted!!!
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It seems that Trump was able to convince a lot of Americans that Nato was no longer of any use to the US.
Now he has to speak up and somehow make it clear that he was wrong and the opposite is the truth.
He’s even got Rand Paul hanging his hat on Trump’s ignorance of US foreign policy. Rand must be smart enough to know the truth about Nato but has to go on about it being something to do with Montenegro because he doesn’t have the balls to be truthful about it.
And isn’t it ironic that his libertarians supporters are continuing to distance themselves from the issue!
Ahh yes, the goatfucker. I remember him.