US and Russian officials traded warnings once again today over the growing number of military assets deployed in northern Europe, with each insisting the other bore full responsibility for the growing tensions in the area.
Russian President Vladimir Putin centered his complaints both on the US buildup in Poland and the new US missile defense base in Romania, saying that the Americans are attempting to start a new arms race by putting strategic weapons along their frontier.
Putin insisted the attempt to start a new arms race would fail, but did say that Russia is prepared to react to “neutralize” the missile defense system, likely to mean the deployment of additional missiles into the exclave of Kaliningrad, bordering Poland.
US officials, for their part, signed a joint statement with Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Sweden, and Norway slamming “Russian aggression” in the region, centering around their holding of military drills inside Russian territory close to the frontier.
Recent reports have indicated that the Pentagon is increasingly split on the alarmist rhetoric targeting Russia, with many saying the Army is driving the allegations with an eye toward getting more of the budget with claims of unrealistic Russian military capabilities.
Empire USA Israel, so satanic, evil and criminal, surely doomed to destruction and we along with it.
“US officials, for their part, signed a joint statement with Denmark,
Iceland, Finland, Sweden, and Norway slamming “Russian aggression” in
the region, centering around their holding of military drills inside
Russian territory close to the frontier”.
I wonder if it would be U.S. aggression in the region by holding military drills inside U.S. territory if Russia planted 4000 troops on the Canadian border and then put a missile defense base on the Mexican border? And then the audacity of Russian officials to sign a joint statement with Cuba, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Columbia slamming “American aggression”.