The stupid-a** Obammunist, in an effort to butch up and pretend like he's a real CinC, sent a brigade, roughly 3,500 troops and 80-some tanks to Poland. According to the DoD, at any given time during the 80s, there were 300K+ USAEUR and USAFE troops in Germany alone. This so-called "deterrent force" is about 1/90th to 1/100th the size of the force that was in place during the Cold War. The force is so puny that if the Russians did start feeling froggy and decided to jump, they'd be little more than speed bumps, or human shields at best.
No, the Obammunist isn't trying to start WW3 in Europe, but he has stupidly put 3,500 soldiers into one helluva precarious position.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
You have the numbers so lets look at this logically.
Obama will put the military there and hate Trump and Putin.
Trump loves Putin according to our press.
Obama + Trump + Putin = ???????
FAC = America
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Thanks for explaining by comparison. I didn’t realize just how small this current deployment is, when matched against
other eras. More kabuki dancing and playing of checkers.
I’m sure Obama was disappointed when Putin took the adult view and refused to be easily provoked by a Lame Duck.
While I agree, overall, with what you wrote, USAEUR, etc was fully prepared to take on the USSR and trained accordingly. Now, they’re too busy taking diversity classes and transgender acceptance classes.
What worries me about the whole exercise is, what happens if a shot is fired? No matter why, but a GI is killed on the border. Who cleans up that mess? Trump is taking office under the premise that he isn’t going to take shit from anyone. Obama would sacrifice that entire brigade if it was politically expedient. I could be leaning a little in the Alex Jones camp right now, but there’s a lot more at stake now, than when the Cold War was up and running. If something pops off, obama we’ll be long gone and spend the rest of his days talking shit.
I think the Poles may well argue the same way as the French general who was asked on the eve of the outbreak of WWI by his British counterpart how many British soldiers it would be necessary to post in France.
“One grenadier will be enough. We will make sure he is killed the first day.”
They are a deterrent. As a Polish resident, I welcome them