Capping 72 hours of announcements of military buildups in Eastern Europe, NATO today angrily condemned Russia for “sabre rattling” after Russia announced its intentions to respond to US deployments in Eastern Europe with their own deployments in Eastern Europe.
Back on Sunday, the Pentagon started talking about “pre-positioning” heavy weapons along the Russian frontier, including several brigades worth of tanks and armored vehicles. At the time, this was presented as trying to reassure NATO members in the region of support against Russia.
Monday, Russian officials began talking up the possibility of deployments in their exclave Kaliningrad as a retaliatory move. The US feigns surprise, claiming their deployments weren’t targeted at Russia to begin with and didn’t warrant a response.
Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the US deployments were the most aggressive act against Russia since the Cold War ended, and talked up improvements to the Russian nuclear arsenal as a way to overcome improved missile defense systems.
Both sides seem determined to keep up the tit-for-tat retaliatory deployments despite already having more forces in the region than they’ll ever need, but Russia seems to at least acknowledge it’s a competition, while the Pentagon is determined to remain unconvincingly coy.
Wake up America, they are drumming the world war three and you still sleep like a dum and dumber that you always been.
This is dangerous posturing for States armed with nuclear sabres and sparing right on the brink of oblivion.
American led NATO: Nothing but lies upon lies and I hope that Russia makes them eat their lies.
How long till the US starts shipping it's new best friends Al Qaeda/ IS to cause havoc in Russia?
If the astrologers are wrong and Putin is still in power in 2018, the World Cup would be a perfect time with the security forces concentrated in the venue cities. Hoax bomb scares there and real bombs in cities which have been stripped of police would be quite a good strategy!
I sure hope you're not actually advocating what you just said.
Obama is madman and MUST be removed from office.
F*ck Nato,and the warmongers.
Jingo game of Chess/Risk for a profit and domination by the usa and its bitch pack(nato) here,china sea,middle east, space,,,ahhh you forgot about over head? The usa needs to be confronted,stopped,. occupied,disarmed and dissolved….
Hey US CON gress, what are doing to stop this warmongering madness?
The sad thing is that a large portion of Americans believe Russia is a threat to us, instead of the other way around. We are on their borders, they aren't near ours. They didn't overthrow any of our neighbors' democratically elected friendly governments, and urge anti-American sentiment in neighboring countries of ours.
Essentially, Putin has fallen into the same trap as Reagan successfully set for the Soviet Union: an expensive arms race he can't afford. NATO is undoubtedly delighted. And the double whammy is that Putin himself is now providing the excuse to meet the demandes of the eastern members of NATO for US troops and equipment in their territories. The strategy of breaking Russia's economy seems to be working (thanks to Putin's blunders!). The EU sanctions didn't do any real damage but they discredited Putin as a respectable member of the international community and the global economy. More importantly, they provoked counter-sanctions from Putin which have done damage to Russia. He has two expensive white elephants to fund in Crimea and "Sausagestan". The Crimean tourist industry is dead. Ditto for Moscow and St. Petersburg. Sochi is a financial disaster for the same reason. And the 2018 World Cup will cost a fortune: 9 new stadiums to be built (only 3 finished), 3 more to be renovated (none finished), to say nothing of hotels, transport infrastructure, security etc. Moreover, these big international sports competitions tend to bankrupt the host country. And now, an arms race! No wonder Putin is trying to hype up a "plot" to take the World Cup away! Wouldn't he like that!
Mar 2, 2015 Relooking Europe: The Role of Land Forces
Please join us for a discussion with COL Foster about the future of land forces in Europe and the role of the 173rd Airborne Brigade going forward. The discussion will cover a range of issues and current events facing USAREUR, the 173rd Airborne Brigade's mission as part of OPERATION ATLANTIC RESOLVE, joint exercises with European allies, and the brigade's upcoming training mission in Ukraine.
https://youtu.be/3s7Dpm5RyJo
"Do as We Say, Not as We Do"The motto of "civilized"west.
NATO, a mercenary force, for the American establishment can't have it both ways. They believe like other lunatics in America that they have the god given right to impose their will on the world but how dare anyone say or act otherwise. This is what happens when one is use to beating up on weaker nations. They become arrogant and hubris until they become cocky enough to believe that the entire world is weak which inevitably becomes their downfall.