Posted on 07/25/2014 6:33:20 PM PDT by tcrlaf
As American officials fire off diplomatic salvos at Russia in response to that nation’s purported actual artillery salvos into Ukraine, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said recently that among other actions, the U.S. military is dusting off decades-old plans, just in case.
“We’re looking inside our own readiness models to look at things that we haven’t had to look at for 20 years, frankly, about basing and lines of communication and sea lanes,” Gen. Martin Dempsey, America’s top military officer, said at the Aspen Security Forum Thursday evening. “What the military does when faced with these crises is – our job is preparedness, deterrence and readiness.”
In addition to its own plans, Dempsey said the U.S. military is having “conversations with our NATO allies about increasing their capability and readiness” and that there’s a “very active” ongoing process and debate about how best to provide support to Ukraine.
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Barack Obama: The 1980s are calling to ask for their foreign policy back because the Cold War’s been over for 20 years"
Remember how, after the debate, the TV told the Low-Info's how CRAZY an idea that was, and the Romney would start a war with Russia?
How The Daily Show, The View, The Late-Night Comics all joked about how CRAZY Romney was??
How could people have been so damn stupid?
Disinformation: All branches and the Pentagon constantly update plans against any potential foe, even allies. I’ve worked on such plans, it’s always ongoing.
Oh, wait. We shut all those bases down, didn't we? </sarc>
Meanwhile, Obama has bent over backwards to appease KGB Putin on such things as missile defense, nukes, and US military reduction.
I will still never understand how this putz got elected...especially a 2nd term. And why in the ever loving &^*( is a top general even talking about “dusting off” 20 year plans. Just SCREAMS unpreparedness. Just SHUT UP and get the job done, for crying out loud. Rant off momentarily....
I sure hope so...that even in today’s times, SOMEONE’s eye is on the ball.
Meanwhile, Obama has bent over backwards to appease KGB Putin on such things as missile defense, nukes, and US military reduction.
Obama’s a very willing ‘sucker’.
I would certainly hope so. Should keep up on China also.
They are trying to whip up a frenzy over Ukraine so we won’t be watching the things they are doing to the country.
We’re in no shape for a fight with Russia and under Obama we may as well hand out cyanide capsules to our soldiers because they seem to be the ones Obama wants killed.
I was about to say the same thing. Been there, Done that!
One thing is certain anybody wanting a fight with russia does not understand what a real war is.
Unless EVERYTHING has changed since I was there they have a bunch of people working on Communist China all the time.
NATO must prepare for war with the inhuman genocidal Russian terrorist regime.
The CPUSA must be ANNIHILATED.
By all means necessary.
Our immediate problems are the Prayer rugs and Pashtun-to-english phrase books among the Mexican border trash, and the takeover of the Middle East by Al Qaeda. Frankly, Zippy scares me a lot more than Putin does.
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