US troops in Moldova in emerging Plan B for Ukraine

asiatimes.com ^ | April 5, 2024 | Stephen Bryen

[elpadre]

Big trouble may be brewing in little Moldova, which is starting to look like a staging area for the European Union to offset an emerging Russian victory in Ukraine. Whether such a plan, if attempted, would succeed is not clear. But Moldova is not the most stable country in the world with the nation split between pro-EU and pro-Russian elements.

US troops are now in Moldova with Romanians, ostensibly for a military exercise called JCET 2024 (Joint Command Exchange Training). The exercise started on April 1 and will continue until April 19.

According to a Moldovan Ministry of Defense statement, “The aim of the exercise is joint training and exchange of experience between Moldovan, Romanian and American special forces, as well as to increase the level of interoperability between the participating contingents. This year’s event will also be attended by representatives of the [Moldovan] State Protection and Security Service and the Pantera Special Forces.”

These exercises are not new but they taken on new urgency now because of the developing situation in neighboring Ukraine............

[Saintgermain]

Well you got a good point.

[Svartalfiar]

Why, Moldova is not a member of NATO.

You don't have to be a member of NATO to work with these US.. There's quite a lot of countries we work with who aren't in NATO (SE Asia, African, South/Central Americas...). We've had a relationship with Moldova pretty much since the USSR dissolved. The National Guard State Partner Program has them working with North Carolina. Since 1999. We didn't just start renting an apartment there as bait for Russia...

[Svartalfiar]

But Moldova is not the most stable country in the world with the nation split between pro-EU and pro-Russian elements.

These US aren't the most stable country with the nation split between baby-killing Commies and Conservatives. Couple RINOs somewhere in the middle