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NickB79

(19,114 posts)
Fri Feb 25, 2022, 05:57 PM Feb 2022

NATO Deploys Response Forces; Warns Russia 'We Will Defend Every Inch' of Alliance

Source: Defense One

NATO leaders agreed on Friday to immediately deploy elements of the alliance’s emergency military forces, adding troops and firepower to bolster defenses along its Eastern front.

The unprecedented deployment is meant to deter Russia—whose military is currently invading Ukraine—from attacking NATO members and to prepare alliance forces to respond quickly should an attack occur.

“We are deploying elements of the NATO Response Force on land, at sea, and in the air,” said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at alliance headquarters in Brussels, immediately following the summit. NATO leaders had agreed to activate the force on Thursday.

Read more: https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/02/nato-deploys-response-forces-warns-russia-we-will-defend-every-inch-alliance/362459/



This is heating up fast.
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NATO Deploys Response Forces; Warns Russia 'We Will Defend Every Inch' of Alliance (Original Post) NickB79 Feb 2022 OP
Kicking for visability SheltieLover Feb 2022 #1
A vein of opinion, but I think heating up fast is good. bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #2
Putin badly, badly underestimated the resolve of NATO and Europe, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #3
Sweden and Finland need to get on board. Threats from Putin or no. ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2022 #4
They should but neither of them are NATO members so they don't have any obligation to do so. Thomas Hurt Feb 2022 #6
Putin kicked over a ant hill. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #5
To all those repugnantcons who said NATO was useless and antiquated--eat shit and choke on it. Comfortably_Numb Feb 2022 #7
Europe has finally learned from WW1, WW2 and the cold war that they can't wait anylonger to stem Javaman Feb 2022 #8
perhaps this is a time to ditch the treaty RussBLib Feb 2022 #9
Putin must be dying of a disease. C Moon Feb 2022 #10
After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Feb 2022 #11
KICK orangecrush Feb 2022 #12

bucolic_frolic

(42,676 posts)
2. A vein of opinion, but I think heating up fast is good.
Fri Feb 25, 2022, 06:02 PM
Feb 2022

This is so egregious, so brazen, I don't think you allow Russian forces and policy to become entrenched if you can avoid it. You throw the weight of the world's pressure against the policy and see how it goes.

MarineCombatEngineer

(12,092 posts)
3. Putin badly, badly underestimated the resolve of NATO and Europe,
Fri Feb 25, 2022, 06:02 PM
Feb 2022

I suspect that he's going to receive his "9 grams of lead" soon, and good riddance to that POS.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,485 posts)
4. Sweden and Finland need to get on board. Threats from Putin or no.
Fri Feb 25, 2022, 06:03 PM
Feb 2022

How much more convincing do they need? Do they have the military might to resist?

Or do they think Putin's threats are empty?

Javaman

(62,442 posts)
8. Europe has finally learned from WW1, WW2 and the cold war that they can't wait anylonger to stem
Fri Feb 25, 2022, 06:25 PM
Feb 2022

buillshit from two bit dictators.

they have to react right away

RussBLib

(8,985 posts)
9. perhaps this is a time to ditch the treaty
Fri Feb 25, 2022, 06:30 PM
Feb 2022

and do the right thing by aiding the Ukrainians with NATO forces.

If not now, when?

Omaha Steve

(99,073 posts)
11. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING
Sat Feb 26, 2022, 12:13 AM
Feb 2022

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