The fight is on between Pacific US allies hoping to get some benefit out of the “Asia pivot,” and Eastern European nations who believe the pivot should be into their back yard.
So far the US is trying to reassure both, and Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak confirmed after a meeting with his US counterpart Chuck Hagel that US ground troops are coming, to be deployed in Poland in the near future.
The exact size of the deployment is unclear. Poland has been pushing for a minimum of 10,000 NATO ground troops in their country to “counter Russia,” and previous reports have suggested the US was planning to send roughly 5,000 troops to the area.
Siemoniak was open about criticizing the Asia pivot, saying that “what is needed is a re-pivot” because of the ongoing crisis in neighboring Ukraine. Poland is not alone in pressing for more NATO troops, as Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia are also claiming to be “threatened” by Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
The withdrew from Afghanistan is a good thing, but as things are developing the solders from Afghanistan will be stationed to Eastern Europe starting with Poland, the next military move would be toward Belarus, if not Russia. They always have a war planed or something in that line going to happen for solders and us militarism to be engaged and stay out of country.
Hagel-NATO and the ZIONIST CON..TROLLED white-house IDIOT–ARE ALL FLIRTING WITH WW3…Too bad Washington -Adams & Revere are not here. ALL OF THESE TRAITORS WOULD HAVE BEEN swinging from trees attached to hemp rope long ago..
So Obama appears to be willing to go to war with Russia over Poland. Just like Britain was willing to declare war on Germany over Poland. We know how that went.
Obama has gone stark raving mad with power!
Poland is a good country to steer clear of.
Since Obama is very concerned with his historical legacy, someone should remind him that if things continue down the road they have chosen, his place in history will be as the idiot who allowed WW3 to start on his watch…and nothing else he may have done during his terms in office will matter. And his legacy will be something his daughters will have to carry around with them…forever.
With a nation that is tired of wars that were not necessary for the protection of the country, one would hope that there are people around him with the common sense to tell him he's a fool for following the advice of those around him with ill-conceived agendas.
Why is it America's job to defend Poland? Are Polish troops stationed in the USA to protect us from an invasion from Mexico or Canada? This one-way alliance serves no national interest for Americans at all. And historically Poland has proven to be quite an albatross as an ally.
Feel that this is a plan put into play by the Sated Dept. not the White House. There's so much at stake right now and we have a terrible system that is hobbling to its death and killing so many for the sake of the empire.
NATO is welfare for Polacks. Washington, your first responsibility is to take care of Americans. Stop kow towing to the Military Industrial Complex.