Posted on 02/15/2015 6:22:35 PM PST by presidio9
'I believe the Russians are mobilizing right now for a war that they think is going to happen in five or six years —not that they're going to start a war in five or six years, but I think they are anticipating that things are going to happen, and that they will be in a war of some sort, of some scale, with somebody within the next five or six years."
So says Lt. Gen. Frederick "Ben" Hodges, commander of U.S. Army Europe....
"Strong Europe!" reads a sign on one of the walls. Next to it is the U.S. Army Europe insignia, a burning sword set against a blue shield. The two signs represent the strategic framework the three-star general has introduced—building on America's decades-long role on the Continent—since taking command last year of the 30,000 or so U.S. soldiers stationed in Europe.
The U.S. military presence in Europe is more vital at this moment than it has been in many years. American engagement is essential if the West is to deter a revanchist Russia that has set out to "redraw the boundaries of Europe," Gen. Hodges says with a native Floridian's drawl....
The Russians have "got some forces in Transnistria," he says of the state that broke away from Moldova in the 1990s. "They've got forces in Georgia. And I think they view China as their existential threat, so they've got a lot of capacity out there." The Russian military is thus already somewhat stretched, and Moscow had to carve out from existing units the battalion task groups currently arrayed near eastern Ukraine. Yet "they are clearly on a path to develop, to increase, their capacity," Gen. Hodges says. Add to this expansion that "they've got very good equipment, extremely good communications equipment, their [electronic-warfare] capability, T-80 tanks." How long will it take for Russia to reach its desired military strength? "I think within another two or three years they will have that capacity," he says.. -SNIP-
Of course Russians have not invaded Ukraine they are just rowdy vacationers....you Kremlin bootlicker!
I know it’s a bad day for you EuroMaidanPR drones, but again with the insults??
#Ukraine people should be ready for the introduction of Martial Law, - Ministry of Internal Affairs
Gunpoint conscription to begin soon.
I’m sure that will be a big help to troop morale.
NOT...
there is a bloody war being fought in Ukraine following the Russian invasion of Ukraine! Get your head out of your......!
Piss off Russkie lickspitlle!
I 100% support the independence and liberty of Ukraine as I do for us and all free people. You Russkie’s are death to us all and your Russian propaganda is sewage here are FR.
Liberty and independence??
Don’t make me laugh...
Illegal coup
Criminalizing Free Speech
Oligarch rule
Nazi’s
Insane Orwellian propaganda
Civil War, etc,etc, and.
Now go away
You are another Kremlin tool like Wetphoenix. Piss off traitor!
The UK does this primarily, not out of liberal sentiment, but because it is a conglomerate of four distinct nationalities (along with various other subgroups from throughout the former empire).
“You are another Kremlin tool like Wetphoenix. Piss off traitor!”
Now, now...
Say your three Bandera Ahkbar!!’s, and then off to bed, little boy.
You forgot the Joos!
Why all italics??
BREAKING:
Ukraine general staff has given orders to encircled Debaltsevo units to destroy equipment and withdraw
http://uapress.info/uk/news/show/62445
Google Translated:
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fuapress.info%2Fuk%2Fnews%2Fshow%2F62445&edit-text=&act=url
Then why does Russia and China supply Iran with weapons and equipment to fight Israel???
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