During a visit to Europe, President Obama called on Congress to give him $1 billion in additional funding to expand the US military deployments across Eastern Europe.
Exactly what the billion will buy in the way of deployments is unclear, but was said to include ramped up US Navy deployments in the region as well as increased rotations of air and ground troops already there.
The administration is presenting the spending as part of an effort to “reassure” NATO members in Eastern Europe of America’s military commitment, declaring security of the region “sacrosanct.”
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen was such a fan of the $1 billion proposal that he didn’t even wait for the announcement to cheer the move as a “swift” reaction to Russia’s “illegal military actions in Ukraine.”
Someone should ask Obama where he expects Congress to find an extra BILLION dollars laying around unaccounted for. They should ask him which current government program/service he intends Congress to raid to find this $1B.
When the Secretary General of NATO recently asked for the infusion of funds into NATO to expand its military prowess in Eastern Europe the German Government immediately reacted with "no way". There are calls for more European "funding". It will be interesting to observe what Germany's reaction to our Government's foolishness will be. Or perhaps it is not so foolish after all because the one billion dollars will be mostly spent here. It will be "help" for our "ailing" military industry.
They just borrow it from the Federal Reserve who then prints the money for them. And, to make sure it doesn't cause too much inflation, they keep the game of artificial demand going overseas via the IMF where they in turn force through corruption make 3rd world nations take billions of dollars of loans. If ever the u.s. dollar ceases to become the world reserve currency, this crap will end.
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Who gets the 1 billion dollars? The MIC.
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