The Pentagon said Monday that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has placed 8,500 troops on “heightened alert” to prepare for a possible deployment to Eastern Europe as President Biden mulls military options to escalate tensions with Russia.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby stressed that the troops have only been put on alert and that “no decisions have been made to deploy forces from the United States at this time. The move comes a day after The New York Times reported that Biden was considering sending thousands of troops to Eastern Europe and the Baltics.
Kirby said the alert is about “reassuring the eastern flank of NATO,” referring to Poland, Romania, and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. He said the troops on alert include “additional brigade combat teams, logistics personnel, medical support, aviation support, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.” Kirby also reiterated Biden’s stance that no US troops would be sent to Ukraine to fight Russia.
Also on Monday, NATO announced that it was putting its forces on standby and is sending more warships and warplanes to Eastern Europe. Russia responded to the news by reiterating that it has no plans to invade Ukraine and chalked up the Western military moves to “hysteria.”
The US is expected to give Russia a written response to its security proposals sometime this week. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s main concerns are over NATO’s eastward expansion, so sending more US troops near Russia’s borders would only further inflame tensions.
Anyone remember this comedian?
I do remember the comedian, just can’t remember his name. He was on TV in the 50’s
I just did a search and he came right up. Search for Raymond J. Johnson.
Right on! I’m old enough to remember watching him.
Here’s Andrei Martyanov explicitly discussing – or more precisely, dismissing – this development.
Wait for the part where he says he considers Pink Floyd up near Mozart. LOL
Seriously, though, everyone needs to listen to this guy. He used to teach at Russia’s War College. He’s Russian, he knows Russians, he knows military technology and military operations. He’s written three books on the subject of the changing military balance between the US and Russia.
And he’s telling you that if the US and/NATO gets involved in a fight with Russia, they will lose. And IIRC some 14 NATO war games in recent years which started with NATO having every advantage ended up with Russia winning.
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I have read “Losing Military Supremacy” and thanks to you I have just downloaded “Disintegration” to my kindle.
lol – “eastern flank of NATO” It’s not a flank it’s the spear aimed at Russia.
I bet Biden’s bold move will really give Putin and his 100,000 on the border a big scare. Are these the same troops that stealthily fled Afghanistan in the dark of night…????? Maybe they will do better.??
This is how war happens…peace chic
NATO is “getting on my tits”…
Here is what Russia is thinking: US Troop ALERT ‘ESCALATING TENSIONS’
Phil Giraldi has an article on UNZ asking whether Washington is under alien control: I think he might be onto something here as the utter stupidity coming out of this admin demands some sort of explanation. It cannot simply be the water (sarc):
https://www.unz.com/pgiraldi/is-washington-under-alien-control/
Here’s a fun piece of deliberate fiction from The Saker web site in answer to the fiction being promoted by the MSM: a scenario of what a war between Ukraine and Russia would look like, from start to finish. A long read but fun.
I laughed out loud at this line:
Ukraine and Russian escalation dominance: A Fiction
http://thesaker.is/ukraine-and-russian-escalation-dominance-a-fiction/
Gosh, a whole 8 500 troops.
At least they’re not going into Ukraine itself.