Posted on 01/23/2022 4:10:35 PM PST by TigerClaws
WASHINGTON — President Biden is considering deploying several thousand U.S. troops, as well as warships and aircraft, to NATO allies in the Baltics and Eastern Europe, an expansion of American military involvement amid mounting fears of a Russian incursion into Ukraine, according to administration officials.
The move would signal a major pivot for the Biden administration, which up until recently was taking a restrained stance on Ukraine, out of fear of provoking Russia into invading. But as President Vladimir V. Putin has ramped up his threatening actions toward Ukraine, and talks between American and Russian officials have failed to discourage him, the administration is now moving away from its do-not-provoke strategy.
In a meeting on Saturday at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, senior Pentagon officials presented Mr. Biden with several options that would shift American military assets much closer to Mr. Putin’s doorstep, the administration officials said. The options include sending 1,000 to 5,000 troops to Eastern European countries, with the potential to increase that number tenfold if things deteriorate.
The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk publicly about internal deliberations. Mr. Biden is expected to make a decision as early as this week, they said. He is weighing the buildup as Russia has escalated its menacing posture against Ukraine, including massing more than 100,000 troops and weaponry on the border and stationing Russian forces in Belarus. On Saturday, Britain accused Moscow of developing plans to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine.
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There will be outrage if he does this. January 6th would be a “fond” memory if he decides to wage war in Europe.
But no troops actually defending the actual country......
Move them to Tx., N.M., Ariz. and Calif.
It’s a fool’s errand
Surely he would not do this..
I hope the hell this is fake news. Congress has no say?? This is not defensive to my mind.
O’Biden is going to get us into a war to distract us from the failure of his dictatorship.
So democrats are now part of the war machine? Where are all the sky screaming anti-war liberals?
Never underestimate the ability of Joe to f*** things up.—Obozo
Time to call your democrat (and GOP) congresscritters.
Elections coming and another foreign war is going to enrage people especially since we are defending someone ELSE”S border and not our own.
Already emptying in the US embassy in Ukraine
CCP flu is becoming yesterdays news. Gotta have a new crisis. Gotta keep the people afraid and off balance.
c*cks*cker is going to get us in a war before it’s all said and done and he’ll be supported by all the other c*cks*ckers in congress, pentagon and deep state. Not one of them will be sending their children or grandchildren to fight this b.s. war.
I’m sure that Code Pink will ... Lol, I can’t even complete the joke. They wouldn’t say a thing.
Someone put something special in today’s puddin’ cup?
There will be outrage if he does this. January 6th would be a “fond” memory if he decides to wage war in Europe.
No there won’t be. This sounds like another deployment of the 173rd Airborne Brigade from their base in Italy. We’ve been there. Done that. They’ve made many deployments to the Baltics and Ukraine since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014.
Oh God here we go again. American troops used to prop up ignorant and stupid failing Democrats.
America, do not fall for this.
Ukraine is not ours and we do not want it.
But it won’t distract. It will be one more serious failure to add to the list.
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