US military officials are discussing an intention to shift military forces out of Central Europe, and into the Black Sea, which they believe is a growing hotspot in NATO tensions with Russia. European Command says this will increase operational capabilities in the area.
NATO’s military deployments tend to be Russia-centric, previously shifting into the Baltic states to get troops close to Russia, and now having done that, the Black Sea is the new target. Defense Secretary Mark Esper tied this to US troop cuts from Germany.
NATO has talked about trying to get their handful of Black Sea states to invest more in their navies, but the most recent incidents have seen the US repeatedly deploying spy planes around the Russian border, only to get intercepted and driven away.
This too shows US interest in the region, which is the site of a substantial part of Russia’s Navy, and where NATO has been keen to confront Russia on behalf of its neighbor, the Ukraine.
Black Sea is not amerikan sea—per montreux convention US vessels cannot remain more than 28 consecutive days
Seems NATO is once again being Hi-Jacked for Washington’s foreign policy adventures.
The Black Sea? How in god’s name does the Black Sea have anything to do with defending the US? What a waste of resources!
That’s how they make money. It doesn’t matter who we vote for. Nothing will change in our lifetimes.
The US and NATO always uses the right words/lies when they want to justify their aggression towards other countries.
Even when they manage to fully encircle Russia, the US and NATO will accuse Russia for expanding and being the aggressor.
The US spends at least 20 times more on military than Russia and NATO at least 10 times more.
Now NATO wants the Black Sea states to invest even more in their navies.
Their insanity is beyond repair.
Today for the 2nd time in 24 hours, Russian Su-27 intercepts U.S. Air Force RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft and the U.S. Navy R-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft, approaching the Russian state border over neutral waters of the Black Sea.
This has gone on almost every day now for the last 2 month.
Ah, prudent investment america, hows that credit card balance looking?
Crimea is a hotspot with Washington.
I believe the troops will move from Germany to Ukraine. My guess is along the Dnieper River near Kherson and close to the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts.
https://www.wikihow.com/Understand-the-DEFCON-Scale#:~:text=DEFCON%201%20refers%20to%20maximum,or%20one%20of%20its%20allies.
I wouldn’t claim to know Moscow’s defense posture right now, other than to say after last week’s announcement from Russia’s generals to meet a NATO incoming missile(s) with a nuclear retaliatory strike, it must be near the US equivalent of DEFCON 1.
Leave. Let Iran fight ISIS. Two birds. One stone.
Black Sea onshore and offshore oil and gas, as well as geopolitical location, location, location, are of tremendous interest to both NATO Europe. and Russia.
This isn’t just empty posturing, though its all best left to the Euros and Russia to sort out without the U.S..
If history teaches the aggressors who takes on yet another tiresome “Drang nach osten” to steal Russia’s riches after Karl XII, Napoleon, Habsburg and Hitler, it is that its impossible and that the empire who tries will end up dead and disintegrated. Russians then chase you back to Stockholm, Paris, Vienna and Berlin or wherever you came from, torch the place to the ground and head back home to mother Russia. Especially if you try to start a war along Russia’s borders. Russians are exceptional defenders.
North American Terrorist Organization = NATO
“and into the Black Sea, which they believe is a growing hotspot in NATO tensions with Russia” If you keep going in there you are causing the hotspot.