'We waited for decades': Polish govt welcomes US troops
This is good news. It comes a little late but it is the right thing to do. A combat Brigade is a large enough force to make the Russians thing before pulling another Crimea. It also lets the world know that we stand with our allies.
As I said, it is a little late but not too late. It is not a provocation, Poland is a member of NATO and did ask repeatedly for the stationing of troops there. Obama had to have this move planned for a relatively long period, you just don't tell a brigade go to Poland tomorrow and have it happen.
As I said, it is a little late but not too late. It is not a provocation, Poland is a member of NATO and did ask repeatedly for the stationing of troops there. Obama had to have this move planned for a relatively long period, you just don't tell a brigade go to Poland tomorrow and have it happen.
Yes it could turn in a game of brinksmanship but I don't think so. The troops are not in Ukraine but Poland. The Air Force base in Inserlik didn't cause an issue and doesn't to this day.
Russia having Warsaw pact troops in East Germany did not cause a war.
It is about time we supported our allies especially those that have supported us (Poland, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuanian to be specific (scince the dissolution of the USSR and their admission into NATO). I dare say the Finns are resting a little easier tonight as well.
Anyway, that's my opinion.
And "support for our allies" doesn't mean sending troops to Russia's doorstep a week before a new President takes office. It's not like Russia plans to invade Poland in the next five days.
A much more "Threatening action would have been to deploy the ATBM stations to Poland. Obama cancelled them early on aftr promising they would be delivered.
They should have learned by now that Putin has one thing on his mind is a Russian Empire. Maybe the Polish leaders should look back to the time of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and King Sobieski fielded quite a large army to stop and defeat the Turks. I don't know about the current politics or economy of Poland but maybe they should start moving in that direction.
It's also been the highway over which France and then Germany invaded Russia. Never quite worked, though. The famous Генерал Зима (General Winter) has always been victorious.
fore. (I voted for him, but I still think we have to
watch hime closely).