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Biden Weighs Deploying Thousands of Troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics
NYT ^

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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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: biden; potatobrain; putinsbuttboys; russia; ukraine; wagthedog
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To: Eleutheria5

With biden carrying the football one has to believe most of the coordinates are pointing at USA Citizens. This is democrats wet dream


81 posted on 01/23/2022 4:51:54 PM PST by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them )
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To: TigerClaws

Never listen nor take directions from a baby killer.
Luciferian forces. Demon possession.


82 posted on 01/23/2022 4:52:51 PM PST by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
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To: TigerClaws

Of course the ‘troops’ could just say NO. And, I wouldn’t blame them. Enough of this.


83 posted on 01/23/2022 4:53:32 PM PST by vortigern
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To: Secret Agent Man
americans arent taking the death shots

Biden's failed to meet his quota. Management is not pleased.

84 posted on 01/23/2022 4:54:22 PM PST by conservativeimage (Spark up a fire. Light up this place. Burn out this darkness and tear down the fear.)
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To: Vermont Lt

> A small war in a far off land that has zero to do with the US would not garner any support. <

Right. But some vague Congressional resolution might. Then armed with that resolution, Biden and his handlers could do whatever the hell they liked.

That’s the way it’s done these days. Congressional declarations of war are so last century.


85 posted on 01/23/2022 4:58:42 PM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Vermont Lt

Russia invades Ukraine, China invades Taiwan. Feckless Brandon


86 posted on 01/23/2022 4:59:18 PM PST by reviled downesdad (Some of the lost will never believe the Truth.)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress
As I look at this, I see a befuddled old clown with a score to settle with the Ukraine...

I do not believe that Biden is calling the shots here. He just reads what his handlers put in front of him. And not very well at that.

The Obamunist Cabal that actually runs the government needs something to distract the population from their COVID-19 debacle. A nice little war would be a traditional method for doing that.

They are convincing themselves that it will only be a minor incursion which they can control. This is Hubris, to be followed by Nemesis.

The Cabal members are just as prone to wishful thinking as the rest of us. The difference is that we are the ones who usually pay for all their mistakes.

This ends with a lot of them dangling from highway overpasses.

87 posted on 01/23/2022 5:03:06 PM PST by flamberge (Believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear)
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To: Travis McGee

Correct.


88 posted on 01/23/2022 5:04:29 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: EvilCapitalist

Where are all the anti-war protesters?


89 posted on 01/23/2022 5:04:58 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: Travis McGee

Yes.

As per Dr. Peter S. Beter.

1975-1982 Audioletters.

Thank you, saved image.

N.


90 posted on 01/23/2022 5:11:48 PM PST by Norski (Luke 22:36)
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To: MustKnowHistory

>>Surely he would not do this<<
I think this would be a huge mistake.


91 posted on 01/23/2022 5:12:23 PM PST by servantboy777
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To: TigerClaws

Here we go again...


92 posted on 01/23/2022 5:13:36 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: TigerClaws

If he does this, he will drop even further in the polls. It would only highlight his hypocrisy of securing Ukraine’s borders while allowing chaos on his own.


93 posted on 01/23/2022 5:14:15 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie ("Thank you, Mr. Epps", said Rep. Adam Kinzinger.)
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To: paulcissa
New York Slimes. Official chest-beating paper of record for the administration. This was released for Putins consumption. What a transparent and childish release. We truly have the Junior Varsity squad running America.

Well said. I think you've nailed this propaganda precisely for what it is.

94 posted on 01/23/2022 5:16:07 PM PST by TigersEye (Ashli Babbitt was murdered)
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To: TigerClaws

What happened to the congressional members powers of persuasion? Haven’t heard a word about their trip since they returned or IF they returned! Could be because I stay away from the news as best I can!


95 posted on 01/23/2022 5:16:48 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Travis McGee

Love that meme.


96 posted on 01/23/2022 5:17:37 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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To: TigerClaws

And yet we do not protect our own borders.


97 posted on 01/23/2022 5:21:49 PM PST by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
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To: TigerClaws

98 posted on 01/23/2022 5:23:05 PM PST by McGruff (Trump/DeSantis 2024)
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To: TigerClaws

Ukraine should refuse any “help” from this degenerate WH. The Ukraine will be a smoking ruin. They are better off dealing with Russia themselves.


99 posted on 01/23/2022 5:24:10 PM PST by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: Cobra64

“Are we the only ones who recognize this.”

They see it, and know *exactly* what they are doing. This has been going on for decades. That’s how the demonKKKrats and RINOs operate.


100 posted on 01/23/2022 5:25:13 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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