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Thursday 26 June 2014

NATO Beefs Up European Presence – Balancing on Brink of Dangerous Aggravation

 Strategic Culture


"Changes to troop locations will be made at the political level to address the new paradigm in the wake of the Russian-Ukraine crisis", Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, head of U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, tweeted on May 7. The General got it right; the implementation of this confrontational policy is in full swing.

US beefs up military presence in Eastern Europe

U.S. is to boost its military presence in Europe at a cost of up to $1 billion, U.S. President Barack Obama said on June 3 visiting Poland. The plans include sending more military equipment and additional U.S. troops into the region. He called on lawmakers back in Washington to provide the funding to sustain the effort. «Today, I am announcing a new initiative to bolster the support of our0020NATO allies», Obama said at Warsaw's Belweder Palace. «Under this effort, and with the support of Congress, the U.S. will requisition more equipment in Europe».

He emphasized that Poland and the United States wanted the September NATO summit in Wales to confirm the need for the alliance's greater commitment to building infrastructure for receiving support forces. Later in the day Obama and Polish President Komorowski held discussions on central European security with leaders from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovenia.

If approved, the funding Mr. Obama asks for will be used to increase military exercises and training missions, as well as rotations of air and ground forces. The administration is seeking to ramp up U.S. Navy participation in NATO deployments in the Black and Baltic Seas, as well as to boost the military potential of non-member countries bordering Russia, including Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova.

The US intention to strengthen its military presence in Eastern Europe and the areas close to Russia’s borders is taking tangible shape. Take Saber Strike, for instance.


 

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