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| Sure smells like war - US sends another 500 troops to Europe |
| 2022-03-08 |
| [The Hill] Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin over the weekend ordered more U.S. troops and military equipment sent to Europe as Russia presses its attack on Ukraine, a senior defense official said Monday. Austin ordered roughly 500 additional troops to Poland, Romania and Germany "to respond to the current security environment in light of Russia's renewed aggression against Ukraine" and to bolster NATO’s eastern flank, the official told reporters. They stressed President Biden's assertion that no American troops will be sent to Ukraine and that the additional forces are "enablers" going to NATO allies "to shore up capabilities that are already there." As part of the new deployment, KC-135 refueling aircraft will be sent to Greece, though it was unclear how many aircraft would be sent or where they would come from. Additionally, an air support operation center will be deployed to Poland and Romania, and an ordinance company and a maintenance company will be sent to Germany for "additional logistic support to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division" already deployed there, the official said. They could not provide a breakdown of how many troops will go where and would not rule out more forces being sent later. The U.S. military now has about 100,000 personnel stationed in Europe on either a rotational or a permanent basis as Russia’s violent incursion into Ukraine comes up on its two-week mark. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #15 John Mearsheimer and Ray McGovern: the US without question bears the blame for this disaster Watch it all. Ponder it carefully. |
| Posted by: Chinesh Slinter3335 2022-03-08 19:43 |
| #14 Sino-Vietnam War 1979 |
| Posted by: Flons Elmoger3863 2022-03-08 15:18 |
| #13 Does this remind anyone else of South Vietnam around 1962? |
| Posted by: Tom 2022-03-08 15:05 |
| #12 #1: but, but, but hunter gets paid by them! |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2022-03-08 14:56 |
| #11 ^ true |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2022-03-08 12:58 |
| #10 Now if the 1st armored division is deployed, then freak. Or a Green Beans. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-03-08 12:18 |
| #9 going to fill a shipping container with russian currency and make a killing! |
| Posted by: Greng Black3494 2022-03-08 10:25 |
| #8 Additionally, an air support operation center will be deployed to Poland and Romania, and an ordinance company and a maintenance company will be sent to Germany for "additional logistic support to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division" already deployed there, the official said. Support personnel pushing munitions into Ukraine. |
| Posted by: Angaiper Ulavins1210 2022-03-08 08:58 |
| #7 ...they're still too busy with their CRT indoctrination. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-03-08 08:48 |
| #6 These are most likely command elements, intelligence assists (like drone operators) and HQ types. Don't freak out too much. Now if the 1st armored division is deployed, then freak. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-03-08 08:18 |
| #5 Just what we need. More dick swinging Hooyah! ordered more U.S. troops and military equipment sent to Europe Which begs the question; who profits most from this sort of ineffective force projection? Sending millions of dollars of equipment, deploying expensive hardware hastily contracted for contingents, then... usually, leaving it there. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-03-08 07:53 |
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| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-03-08 01:34 |
| #3 Everything happening at home is engineered, and could be quickly reversed, as The Donald demonstrated in 2017. Which means none of those things are crises at all. Take control of both Houses of Congress away from the Democrats in November — preferentially with veto-proof majorities — and keep a close watch on our Republican congresscritters to ensure they don’t get overexcited about spending, and we’ll be at least ok within six months to a year. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-03-08 01:02 |
| #2 Our economy is collapsing MorganStanley, Citigroup and UBS strategists now forecast a "perfect storm" for global financial markets (Bloomberg) -- As equity markets sink around the world, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Inc. strategists say a perfect storm looks to be gathering. “Downside risk remains most acute over the next 6-8 weeks,” Morgan Stanley’s Michael Wilson wrote in a note to clients. “We are firmly in the grasp of a bear market that is incomplete in both time and price.” Separately, Citi strategists led by Jamie Fahy said a global gauge tracking analyst estimates on corporate profits has turned negative for the first time since September 2020. This is a potential “game-changer,” eroding their conviction on the prospects of risk assets, they wrote. Earnings delivery is “paramount” at a time when liquidity is being sucked out by central banks across the world, the Citi strategists said. Fear: economies are heading to a stagflationary shock. Several major benchmark gauges across Europe have dropped more than 20% from their recent highs, while the S&P 500 is hovering around a 10% correction. With gas and oil prices soaring, Citi and Morgan Stanley strategists say “demand destruction” may now be unavoidable. Optimists are wavering: "Any relief should be sold,” said Wilson. |
| Posted by: No Fortunate Son 2022-03-08 01:00 |
| #1 FFS ... stay OUT of this insanity. We have no business there in even the best of times. Now we're facing crisis after crisis at home. Our economy is collapsing and Democrats on the 1/6 Committee are about to call for Trump's arrest on charges of "sedition." Why the FUCK are we doing this? Is it to distract us from the fires engulfing us at home? If so, then we need to get rid of these seditious lunatics in Washington -- by whatever means available |
| Posted by: Chunky the Infinitesmal4623 2022-03-08 00:44 |