[TonyinLA]

Same reason US/NATO has bases all along the russkie border.

[TexasGator]

“Same reason US/NATO has bases all along the russkie border.”

Nope.

[ansel12]

Not all along Russia’s borders, remember the 830 miles of new border Putin delivered to us.

[ETCM]

Same reason US/NATO has bases all along the russkie border.

Prior to 2014, NATO had a policy of not stationing NATO troops in any nation that shared a border with Russia. After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, annexing Crimea and occupying much of Donetsk and Luhansk, as well as threatening NATO members in the Baltic states, NATO has regularly rotated troops in member states Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, and increased activity in Poland. All of this was based on Russian aggression.