Following recent negotiations between Poland’s Duda government and the Trump Administration, defense officials say the US will be deploying 1,000 additional ground troops into Poland.
Polish officials had expressed hope for a tank division from the US, but
reports indicate that the 1,000 new troops will be purely logistics
troops. Polish officials still say they will add to the capabilities of
the overall US deployment, and will help Poland progress from hosting
“temporary/provisional” deployments to something more permanent.
That has long been a top priority for the Polish government, as some
have complained that they aren’t getting to host nearly so many NATO
troops as they were led to believe when joining the alliance. The
underlying assumption is that Poland would enjoy an economic boost from
hosting foreign troops from Western nations.
Increased deployments in Poland and the Baltic states have become a
common policy within NATO, nominally to counter a potential Russian
invasion. After years of predicting a Russian invasion, that claim seems
as unlikely as ever, but the troop deployments continue.
Having 5,000 US troops in Poland effectively puts them on the front line
with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Military exercise held in
Poland often simulate marching troops toward Russian territory, and
adding to the US presence just increases the threat of a fight breaking
out there.
And Poland wonders why they keep getting invaded.
Poland historically made self-destructive decisions. For our own sake, lets hope their luck changes.
In the meantime, we have plenty of money for such generosity. Trump insured us that Poland will pay! With what? They have no money. After Russian sanctions were imposed Poland was hit hard. In years prior Poland planted hundreds of acres in apple trees to boost sales. When exports stopped, many small farmers went bankrupt and many committed suicide. They started to wonder if their comments to EU and NATO were appreciated. Poland especially started the push back against EU and politicians being opportunistic creatures obliged to stem the anger — but went crying to Western brethren to do something and stiffen anti-Russian resolve. And nothing cheers more the hearth of anti-Russian clique — then American soldiers in Poland. Not just rotation, but permanent facility. Trump’s sorry explanation of Poland funding the lot — is for children. As our soldiers money is spent in Poland on everything from pubs to pizza delivery – money will support Polish economy.
As for various supplies being shipped by our war profiteers to new places in earth — this certainly will cheer Wall Street.
And we today pay more for “activists” around the globe then ever. They are popping up everywhere. Our State Department must be the world’s largest customer of tents. We ship them out to the said “activists “, along with food supplies, drinks and blankets. Cozy places for some student protests.
Who cares, we have plenty of money. And in addition to money just flowing out, there are thousands of our bureaucrats keeping records of these activities, processing purchase orders, shipping everything from laptops to telephones, from payouts to media and politicians, university professors, and monitoring the effectiveness of all of our meddling investments. As I said we have plenty of money.
From nation breaking to nation building. Does anyone actually knows how much it all costs? Congress for sure does not.
Russia should send a couple thousand troops to Cuba.
They are not stupid to waste money. If somebody wants war, they just want to be ready. In the era of supersonic weapons, having some soldiers waste time and money for no good reason does not make sense. In Venezuela, it is different.
Poland’s economic imperative now: Stoke tensions with Russia as much as possible, short of causing a Russian invasion which otherwise would never happen.
Troops and soon a trumpster tower and golf course.
Better than a Clinton Foundation branch office in Warsaw.
No it isn’t.
I’d agree with equally as bad.
It would rent out office space in the Trump Tower since both families are such good buds.