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11. This should be interesting.

Fri Apr 18, 2014, 07:05 PM

Apr 2014

Very few troops capable of deploying. And with only 2 Combat Brigades in Europe (one just got back from Afghanistan this month and the other is a light infantry airborne brigade), I don't expect us to be able to put more than 2000 troops in Poland. Since Putin has no designs on Poland this is just a giant circle jerk.

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U.S. ground troops going to Poland, defense minister says [View all] Bosonic Apr 2014 OP

Well, at least they didn't forget Poland KamaAina Apr 2014 #1

Take that Putin! CFLDem Apr 2014 #2

LOL. cabrona Apr 2014 #33

Headline is wrong. Should read as follows: "U.S. ground troops invade Poland; start world war III" penultimate Apr 2014 #3

I hear ya. this is getting to be a blinking contest. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2014 #4

oh wow, hysterical much? pasto76 Apr 2014 #7

Ukraine might need your heroism, however. cabrona Apr 2014 #34

+10 (nt) reACTIONary Apr 2014 #42

what a crock of BS. How dare you cry wolf like that. uhnope Apr 2014 #10

no, tthe kremlin is pretty cheap. penultimate Apr 2014 #21

James Jeffrey called for it....Poland did a good job training those maidan guys jakeXT Apr 2014 #5

He is a career diplomat - the fact that the Washington Pos list only the Democratic administrations, karynnj Apr 2014 #8

I only used the WaPo material /nt jakeXT Apr 2014 #9

Sorry - I had not meant it as an attack on you - I should have read more closely karynnj Apr 2014 #13

Yep. 86 Euromaidan militants at the Police Training Center Catherina Apr 2014 #20

You are worried about Russia invading western Europe? cabrona Apr 2014 #35

I'm not worried about Russia invading Europe jakeXT Apr 2014 #37

Then why are you talking this way? cabrona Apr 2014 #38

It's an excerpt from a WP article. My friend JakeXT needs to learn to use the excerpt tags Catherina Apr 2014 #39

I should use it more... I know how it works ... jakeXT Apr 2014 #40

Naw, just the "blockquote" formatting option lol Catherina Apr 2014 #43

And where is the EU?? oldandhappy Apr 2014 #6

TOTALLY agree. What the hell? Why isn't the EU taking care of their own prob there? uhnope Apr 2014 #12

Because contrary to the cheerleaders AnalystInParadise Apr 2014 #16

NATO: Paper tiger in a world of paper deer mathematic Apr 2014 #22

The Russian are terrible AnalystInParadise Apr 2014 #23

poland is a nato member nt arely staircase Apr 2014 #26

And Russia has made ZERO threats to Poland AnalystInParadise Apr 2014 #44

regardless arely staircase Apr 2014 #46

We are supposed to be doing exercises in the Baltics during the summer. amandabeech Apr 2014 #58

"Russians are terrible soldiers"? cabrona Apr 2014 #36

No that is what reality has taught us AnalystInParadise Apr 2014 #45

What do you mean by "terrible"? cabrona Apr 2014 #49

Terrible discipline AnalystInParadise Apr 2014 #50

Would these not be the same conclusions that some in the US had with regard to Vietnam? mazzarro Apr 2014 #51

Not at all AnalystInParadise Apr 2014 #53

Except to McNamara, Rusk, Westmoreland and the Joint Chiefs LanternWaste Apr 2014 #56

Footing the bill for us to be there. We want to prevent WW3 starting in Europe. freshwest Apr 2014 #25

There is a material difference between the EU and Europe dipsydoodle Apr 2014 #28

This should be interesting. AnalystInParadise Apr 2014 #11

it is, however, an insult to Russia. Sort of classically stupid in a "land war in asia" mode. Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #14

Yeah an insult AnalystInParadise Apr 2014 #17

nations conducting their own affairs is an insult to russia? ok nt msongs Apr 2014 #18

yes, when thinking about geopolitics and great nation shennanigans it is best consider Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #19

apparently so, just ask Ukraine. nt arely staircase Apr 2014 #27

+1. We are not the only ones not in a postion to conquer much. bemildred Apr 2014 #32

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The MIC elias49 Apr 2014 #24

Russia's MIC? penultimate Apr 2014 #41

No. The United States of the World MIC. elias49 Apr 2014 #47

Ahh yeah, I saw all those US MIC created tanks rolling down the streets of Crimea. penultimate Apr 2014 #48

And we have to hear about this from the Polish Defense Minister? malthaussen Apr 2014 #29

Report: US ground troops to be sent to Poland, Estonia Bosonic Apr 2014 #30

"Pentagon mulls deployment as Poland asks for 10,000 troops" Catherina Apr 2014 #31

....and so it begins... truebrit71 Apr 2014 #52

No it doesn't AnalystInParadise Apr 2014 #54

Yeah...it kinda does... truebrit71 Apr 2014 #55

NO IT DOESN'T AnalystInParadise Apr 2014 #57