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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Poland welcomes biggest deployment of American tanks and troops in decades
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Prime Minister of Poland Beata Szydlo and Maj. Gen. Jaroslaw Mika, commander of Poland's 11th Armored Cavalry Division, conduct a review of U.S. and Polish troops during an official ceremony in Zagan, Poland (DVIDS)
People across Poland are celebrating "Operation Resolve," the arrival
to Poland the largest US military deployment to Europe in decades.
The deployment includes about 4,000 troops and also 2,400 pieces of
military equipment, including tanks and Humvees.
The deployment is a reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and
annexation of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula. Other countries in eastern
Europe are concerned that they will be the next victim of a Russian
invasion, and it's hoped that the presence of US troops will deter
Russia.
Prime Minister Beata Szydlo said,
> [indent]<QUOTE>"Welcome to Poland. ... The presence of American
> soldiers in Poland is another step in our strategy to ensure
> safety and security for Poland and the region. ...
>
> It's a great day today when we can welcome, here in Zagan,
> American soldiers who represent the best, the greatest army in the
> world."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
Poland's Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz said:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"We have waited for you for a very long time. We
> waited for decades, sometimes feeling we had been left alone,
> sometimes almost losing hope, sometimes feeling that we were the
> only ones who protected civilization from aggression that came
> from the east."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
The American troops will be part of a Nato contingent that will
include troops from Britain and Canada. The troops will be rotated
every nine months through Poland, the Baltic countries, Bulgaria and
Romania in order to provide a technical workaround to a promise made
to Moscow after the fall of the Soviet Union that Nato would not
permanently base large numbers of forces east of Germany. Deutsche Welle and CNN and AFP
****
**** US troop deployment in Poland angers Russia
****
Russia's president Vladimir Putin is always calling everyone he
dislikes "Nazis" and "Fascists," but he doesn't like to admit that
Russia's were also "Nazis and Fascists" prior Adolf Hitler's invasion
of Russia. Hitler and Josef Stalin had signed a treaty (the
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact) in 1939 where they split up Poland between
them. The agreement also divided Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland,
and Romania between the Nazis and the Communists. It was only in
1941, when the Nazis invaded Russia, that Stalin finally learned being
a Nazi is not a good thing. Even so, after Hitler was defeated,
Stalin's Soviet forces occupied Poland and other east European
countries for decades.
These events are far ancient history to today's young generations in
America and Western Europe, but they're still very raw memories to the
people of Poland and other East European countries. They've seen
Russia invade and annex parts of Georgia and Ukraine, and they have no
doubts that Russia would invade their countries, as has happened in
the past.
Putin press spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the US troops in Poland
would be "a threat to Russia's national security."
It's hard to believe that 5,000 American troops would be a threat to
Russia's security, inasmuch as Russia has something like 330,000
troops along its western border. Furthermore, Russia has long-range
Iskander cruise missiles in Kaliningrad that can be made nuclear.
The US deployment is being described as a "tripwire" force, designed
to prevent Russia from getting away with an easy invasion of some
other country, as they did with Georgia and Ukraine. It's thought
that Russia would not be willing to risk a larger war by attacking an
American force of any size.
Russian military expert Vladimir Kozin says that another reasons for
the deployment is that outgoing President Obama wants to box in Donald
Trump:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"According to the German military, some 900 railroad
> cars will be needed to deliver all this equipment to the
> deployment sites. But what is the reason? First, [US President
> Barack] Obama wants to play a mean trick on President-elect Donald
> Trump who won the election."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
It's worth mentioning that there's one other possible theory why Obama
did this in the last few days of his administration: It's possible
that Trump asked Obama to do it before leaving office, so that he
wouldn't have to do it.
Kozin said that the deployment is unprecedented since the collapse of
the Soviet Union, and that the US is forcing Europe to accept it:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"Finally, the US wants to maintain tensions around the
> world and particularly in Europe. They want to turn the region
> into another tinderbox ready to ignite. This number one
> priority. ...
>
> The US and NATO plan to increase aerial, anti-submarine, missile
> defense and intelligence activities with the use of heavy military
> equipment. In order to justify sanctions, the situation needs to
> be tense all the time. Europe is becoming a prisoner of this new
> Cold War initiated by Obama."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
Sputnik News (Moscow) and Deutsche Welle (14-Nov-2016) and Sky News
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Poland, Beata Szydlo, Jaroslaw Mika,
Antoni Macierewicz, Operation Resolve, Ukraine, Crimea, Bulgaria, Romania,
Russia, Vladimir Putin, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin,
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Dmitry Peskov, Kaliningrad,
Vladimir Kozin
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Poland welcomes biggest deployment of American tanks and troops in decades
- US troop deployment in Poland angers Russia
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**** Poland welcomes biggest deployment of American tanks and troops in decades
****
Prime Minister of Poland Beata Szydlo and Maj. Gen. Jaroslaw Mika, commander of Poland's 11th Armored Cavalry Division, conduct a review of U.S. and Polish troops during an official ceremony in Zagan, Poland (DVIDS)
People across Poland are celebrating "Operation Resolve," the arrival
to Poland the largest US military deployment to Europe in decades.
The deployment includes about 4,000 troops and also 2,400 pieces of
military equipment, including tanks and Humvees.
The deployment is a reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and
annexation of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula. Other countries in eastern
Europe are concerned that they will be the next victim of a Russian
invasion, and it's hoped that the presence of US troops will deter
Russia.
Prime Minister Beata Szydlo said,
> [indent]<QUOTE>"Welcome to Poland. ... The presence of American
> soldiers in Poland is another step in our strategy to ensure
> safety and security for Poland and the region. ...
>
> It's a great day today when we can welcome, here in Zagan,
> American soldiers who represent the best, the greatest army in the
> world."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
Poland's Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz said:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"We have waited for you for a very long time. We
> waited for decades, sometimes feeling we had been left alone,
> sometimes almost losing hope, sometimes feeling that we were the
> only ones who protected civilization from aggression that came
> from the east."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
The American troops will be part of a Nato contingent that will
include troops from Britain and Canada. The troops will be rotated
every nine months through Poland, the Baltic countries, Bulgaria and
Romania in order to provide a technical workaround to a promise made
to Moscow after the fall of the Soviet Union that Nato would not
permanently base large numbers of forces east of Germany. Deutsche Welle and CNN and AFP
****
**** US troop deployment in Poland angers Russia
****
Russia's president Vladimir Putin is always calling everyone he
dislikes "Nazis" and "Fascists," but he doesn't like to admit that
Russia's were also "Nazis and Fascists" prior Adolf Hitler's invasion
of Russia. Hitler and Josef Stalin had signed a treaty (the
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact) in 1939 where they split up Poland between
them. The agreement also divided Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland,
and Romania between the Nazis and the Communists. It was only in
1941, when the Nazis invaded Russia, that Stalin finally learned being
a Nazi is not a good thing. Even so, after Hitler was defeated,
Stalin's Soviet forces occupied Poland and other east European
countries for decades.
These events are far ancient history to today's young generations in
America and Western Europe, but they're still very raw memories to the
people of Poland and other East European countries. They've seen
Russia invade and annex parts of Georgia and Ukraine, and they have no
doubts that Russia would invade their countries, as has happened in
the past.
Putin press spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the US troops in Poland
would be "a threat to Russia's national security."
It's hard to believe that 5,000 American troops would be a threat to
Russia's security, inasmuch as Russia has something like 330,000
troops along its western border. Furthermore, Russia has long-range
Iskander cruise missiles in Kaliningrad that can be made nuclear.
The US deployment is being described as a "tripwire" force, designed
to prevent Russia from getting away with an easy invasion of some
other country, as they did with Georgia and Ukraine. It's thought
that Russia would not be willing to risk a larger war by attacking an
American force of any size.
Russian military expert Vladimir Kozin says that another reasons for
the deployment is that outgoing President Obama wants to box in Donald
Trump:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"According to the German military, some 900 railroad
> cars will be needed to deliver all this equipment to the
> deployment sites. But what is the reason? First, [US President
> Barack] Obama wants to play a mean trick on President-elect Donald
> Trump who won the election."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
It's worth mentioning that there's one other possible theory why Obama
did this in the last few days of his administration: It's possible
that Trump asked Obama to do it before leaving office, so that he
wouldn't have to do it.
Kozin said that the deployment is unprecedented since the collapse of
the Soviet Union, and that the US is forcing Europe to accept it:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"Finally, the US wants to maintain tensions around the
> world and particularly in Europe. They want to turn the region
> into another tinderbox ready to ignite. This number one
> priority. ...
>
> The US and NATO plan to increase aerial, anti-submarine, missile
> defense and intelligence activities with the use of heavy military
> equipment. In order to justify sanctions, the situation needs to
> be tense all the time. Europe is becoming a prisoner of this new
> Cold War initiated by Obama."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
Sputnik News (Moscow) and Deutsche Welle (14-Nov-2016) and Sky News
Related Articles
- Poland surges past the EU in military modernization and growth (21-Dec-2013)
- Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland forming alliance to confront Russia (27-Nov-2014)
- Poland to move thousands of troops east in reaction to Russian threat (28-Oct-2014)
- Consequences of Russia/Georgia conflict spread to southern Caucasus (03-Sep-2008)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Poland, Beata Szydlo, Jaroslaw Mika,
Antoni Macierewicz, Operation Resolve, Ukraine, Crimea, Bulgaria, Romania,
Russia, Vladimir Putin, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin,
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Dmitry Peskov, Kaliningrad,
Vladimir Kozin
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