The US announcement of 12,000 troops leaving Germany now sees another scramble to secure US presences. Poland is reportedly keen to have a “permanent” US presence, complete with a command. They say at least 1,000 US troops will be involved.
Polish officials say the troops will be on the eastern border, and the command will manage all NATO troops on the Russian frontier. Poland has been courting a US presence for years, suggesting at times they’d joined NATO specifically for the opportunity to host US troops.
The opportunity to bring thousands of US troops back home, disappointingly, seems to have been short-lived hope. Worse still, the shaky suggestions from pullout critics that leaving Germany was a favor to Russia may well have played a role in a hasty scheme to dump some of the troops even closer to Russia, worsening the tensions in Eastern Europe.
Poland is also reporting they will soon sign a military deal with the US for substantial further cooperation. In recent years, the US has put troops in the Baltic states with an eye toward challenging Russia, and this Poland move seems a continuation of that.
Poland to build trumpster tower and golf courses all labor will be supplied by Amerika GI. The trumpster crime family will receive money from the venture;-)
I certainly hope Trumps get a chance to make some money . After all Trump has been working for free for 3 1/2 years .
Har! Changes to the Trump revocable trust allow money to be transferred from his businesses to the trust. All Trump has to do is contact the persons “running” his businesses, tell them to cut a check, and, voila’ it’s done. Trump is also allowed to review business statements.
Propublica: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-pull-money-his-businesses-whenever-he-wants-without-telling-us
Guess you know this because you have seen his tax returns ?
US-German relations are beyond repair as result of decades-long clash of views & ideas. Troop pullout is only a symptom.
Author: Scott Ritter, a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer.
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/496803-us-troop-pullout-germany-relations/
Poland has sold its soul and sovereignty to the neocons.
now the poles fear a Ukrainian invasion—perhaps the CIA will instigate the poles to attack Lviv
Bingo!
Huh??
Posting American troops in Poland is ridiculous. Bring the boys home!
Bring the troops back home to ….unemployment?
Best to post them somewhere where there’s not likely to be a conflict.
Isn’t strange that we watch Russia’s borders so closely while over the last 20 years millions of people have sneaked threw our borders .
Years ago The U.S. was building a airbase over in the the polish area . When the United states was asked who do you expect to attack . The U. S. said it is Iran that we are worried about .. That is when Putin said maybe you should build it in Russia and we can both defend against Iran .
Posting troops to Poland is fine. Its not Syria or Iraq.
Bringing the troops home may come with a price – throwing them out of work just to punish the idea.
Polish prostitutes and drug dealers must be very happy.