Closing Thought–13Dec19
The US has troops all over the globe…..from Far East to Iceland……I a era when we no longer need to worry about the USSR and Russia has a friend in the White House why do we need a massive troop deployment for Europe?
I understand why we needed the massive amount of troops in Europe to thwart a Soviet attack…..but why these days?
The US is sending massive amount of troops to Europe in 2020….
In 2020, the US Army will be carrying out its biggest deployment in 25 years into Europe. The deployment will send 20,000 US troops, and 13,000 pieces of equipment across Europe for wargames beginning in May and running through June
US Gen. Christopher Cavoli would not define the operation as aimed at Russia, but did tie it to Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, saying it “changed everything.” The large deployment will be difficult.
That’s because as with most recent operations, the US will be sending forces largely into former Warsaw Pact countries, and those countries have railroads incompatible with Western Europe. Moreover, the bridges in those countries were built without envisioning having to support the heaviest of US tanks.
According to Gen. Cavoli, the large deployment of US troops is meant to “demonstrate the US military’s ability to quickly deploy a large force.” This comes amid constantly escalating rhetoric against Russia.
(antiwar.com)
I would like someone in the government to walk out to the cameras and ask why……
Why does this world need that many more US troops to hold the line (so to speak)?
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It appears to me that conducting war games next to another county’s is a belligerent act. It may not rise to the level if an act of war but it is close. We went ballistic when USSR our middles in Cuba. Imagine how we would react if China sent tens of thousands of troops up Mexico and conducted joint war games with Mexican troops near our southern border. That could happen sometime in the future as Chiba’s influence and power grows.
What is good for the goose is good for the gander….sort of thing. chuq
OG is dead right. It only works when it is ‘our’ troops. Anyone else’s are a ‘threat.
Best wishes, Pete.
As Russia has increased her military capabilities so much in the past few decades, I feel America would face some serious challenges in any combative confrontation. America needs to spend a lot more on modernization of our military in my personal view.
We have the most modern military ever….making us look like a bully does nothing to help the image. chuq
‘MODERN’ DOES NOT EQUATE WITH ‘CAPABLE.’
Capable? Does not equate to good policy chuq
What needs to be updated is the tactics and strategies…chuq
CHUQ — OUR LAXITY IN FAILING TO KEEP UP TO DATE IS WEAKENING OUR ABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY CONFRONT THOSE WITH THE BIGGER, BETTER AND MOST IN NUMBER WEAPONRY.