Tensions between the two dominate powers in Eastern Europe, the United States and Russia, haven’t been this high since the early 90s.
Under the leadership of President Barack Obama, the U.S. military has announced they’re sending thousands of airborne soldiers to coordinate in a massive war game in Poland with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies — the largest such war game since the Cold War.
And critics are vocal — if this is a NATO exercise, where are the rest of the NATO alliance troops?
Sitting at home again, it seems.
NATO troops from just three countries — the U.S., Britain and Poland — are conducting an airborne operation as part of the biggest exercise performed in Poland since the 1989 end of communism and amid concerns over Russia.
“Managed by Poland’s Lt. Gen. Marek Tomaszycki, the exercise includes 14,000 U.S. troops, 12,000 Polish troops, 800 from Britain and others from non-NATO countries,” The Guardian reports. “Multinational operations publicised so far include an airdrop involving 1,130 parachutists over the northern Polish city of Toruń on Tuesday – including 500 US troops and 230 British ones – engineers building a bridge to carry 300 vehicles over the Vistula river and a night-time ‘assault’ involving 35 helicopters.”
Notably missing from the exercise — all 25 other NATO military’s, whose absence reinforces criticisms of Obama’s foreign policy and the lack of respect given to America as a world leader.
On the campaign trail, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized the value of the military alliance, questioning a structure that sees the U.S. pay for most of its costs. Trump claims other nations “are not paying their fair share” and has called the 28-nation alliance “obsolete.”
“Either they pay up, including for past deficiencies, or they have to get out. And if it breaks up NATO, it breaks up NATO,” Trump said in April.
Russia considers NATO troops’ presence close to its border as a security threat. President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday in Moscow that the military exercise in Poland “does not contribute to the atmosphere of trust and security on the continent.”
The Polish command of the exercise says the operation is transparent and international observers have been invited.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
The European nations are too busy practicing political correctness and being flooded with “refugees” from hater cultures. Britain only sends 800 troops? They had no trouble sending thousands of troops to Northern Ireland to suppress civil rights. The European nations have the let Uncle Sam do it mentality.
Or maybe they think like a LOT of Americans ….and that is Obammie is a professional DIG-ME…and they think it would be best to wait for this failure to vacate his seat and deal with some one more intelligent and trustworthy than he is.
you got THAT right!
Or maybe they see how “disrespected ”
Our President is my Americans like those using this blog that they are following your “UNAMERICAN LEAD”.
I suggest all of you move there for good.
Good riddance!
Well Sheila, perhaps unlike you Socialists who obviously approve of Obama and his UN AMERICAN ACTIONS since being in office, we REAL AMERICANS who believe in our country are thoroughly fed up with Obama’s anti American actions. If you’ll take the trouble to look around and see what’s going on, you’ll se that our Sultan has done everything AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY and it’s government. He has stated both in writing and in speeches that he will stand with Islam against all comers. That includes the United States of America. He took an oath of office and has most definitely has not lived up to it. Also, did it ever occur to you that Obama would like nothing better than to create an armed conflict with Russia? Obama has quietly signed an executive order giving him supreme power over every aspect of our country during a national emergency. That being the case, we would be in an emergency situation, he would declare martial law until his emergency of ended (which would never happen), declare that there would be no more elections until the emergency HE caused has ended, and become DICTATOR FOR LIFE. You liberals are obviously too brainwashed and indoctrinated to understand what really is happening.
I wondered how Dictator obama would continue his illegal occupation of the white house. But didn”t we have elections during WW II? Oh I forgot we had an american in the white house then.
Sheila, does your mother know you are an IGMO? Why don’t you move to where ever you are referring too? In short order your mouth would, at the very least, or they might just lock you up and throw away the key. But, WTF, we wouldn’t miss you.
Why should they respect Ovomit? I don’t. What has he done that deserves respect? Respect is earned not bestoed, and he has earned nothing.
You can add to the list now, that the Obama state department has now buried Hillaries emails for 75 years.
This is an out rage.
i like “D’ohBama” or “D’Owebama,” a combination of Homer Simpson’s “D’oh!” when he does something stupid, and “Owe” which is one of Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals,” the game-plan of 5th columnists for quite some time; here’s how THAT go:
1) Healthcare – Control healthcare and you control the people.
2) Poverty – Increase the Poverty level as high as possible; poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for them to live.
3) Debt – Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way you are able to increase taxes, and this will produce more poverty.
4) Gun Control– Remove the ability to defend themselves from the government. That way you are able to create a police state.
5) Welfare – Take control of every aspect of their lives (Food, Housing, and Income).
6) Education – Take control of what people read and listen to – take control of what children learn in school.
7) Religion – Remove the belief in the God from the government and schools.
8) Class Warfare – Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent, and it will be easier to take (tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.
Looks to me like the damn commie bastards have accomplished just about everything on their list.
How right you are..lol
Love reading all the different names for Obama..it’s hilarious.. My names for him are O(bum)bo and O(dum)bo. ????????
I like reading the names and find much amusement with many of them. The names I use for him are Bammer, ‘Bamma, Bammy. The two of them together (Mikey and Hussein) are definitely the Bammers.
How about, ‘Homo commy Kenyan’.
Ozbummer
The Horn may not want to screen this:
Maybe they are following the hateful in-AMERICANA lead you guys set here! I suggest all of you that show no respect move out !
Good riddance!
Sheila Sheila Sheila You just really don’t have a clue, do You? Look around you, are you really better off than you were 7 years ago? You can move out if you want, pls take Obuma and Hillary with you. I don’t think any country would want you or Obuma or Hillary.
Or more likely,they do not wish to further provoke Russia.
I THINK THE PEOPLE IN EUROPE SEE THRU THE SLIMY SMILE OF THIS HALF AND HALF MAN.THEY ALSO SEE THAT HE IS GOING AGAINST HIS SWORN LOYALTY TO AMERICA.HE IS JUST A PUPPET OF THE ISLAM WORLD AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO BRING AMERICA DOWN.I HAVE MORE RESPECT FOR THE RUSSIAN LEADER BECAUSE HE IS FOR HIS COUNTRY AND I THINK PUTIN DOES NOT THINK MUCH OF OBUMMMMMA.
I have a One Way ticket for you! Out of my country to your Russia. Get going.
Actually, we need to keep our troops trained and test our equipment. It is just an exercise.
This is one issue that Mr. Trump is correct in raising. All of these alliances were started after WWII. And the US involvement in European–and Asian– affairs needs to be seriously reevaluated. We now have far fewer US troops and warships. We need to seriously prioritize where and when to deploy these troops/ships. Why not listen to Ron Paul and start concentrating on defending the US and worry less about everyone else. We have enough of our own problems at home. But of course one country that needs our attention is China.
China has no respect for Obammie and never will.
WHY SHOULD THEY.HE HAS NO CHARACTER,NO STRENGTH,NO FAMILY BACKGROUND AND HE IS NOT FOR HIS OWN COUNTRY.HE SOLD US OUT TO IRAN.CHINESE HAVE A HIGH COMMITMENT TO FAMILY TRADITION AND LOYALTY TO THERE COUNTRY. OBUMMMMA CAN NOT COME EVEN CLOSE TO THERE STANDARDS IN EVERYTHING WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR A LEADER.
Idiot! To
Actually he is right. And it sounds like you have a dog in the fight, as you are arguing against a common sense assessment.
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Too many are NOT listening to Ron Paul. He is no dummy! he knows too much that no one but I hope DT is paying attention to . China will pay attention when we give them a big show of force.
I believe that NATO should be a viable defense against Russian aggression in the Baltic region. It was originally set up to curb Soviet aggression during the cold war and, in my opinion, still holds true today. It is partially true that maybe Europe gets its oil from Russia and that is why they’re hesitant; but as with China, expansionism can bring on war. I really think Trump doesn’t understand that. We should be providing oil to the Europeans by further developing our own resources. As far as Obama is concerned, he does everything in half measures and that may be one of the reasons that our allies are skeptical to commit. Europe, like the United States, is consumed by political correctness as well. The world also sees how divided the U.S. is within and that also doesn’t give them confidence in our abilities
We respect Obama more than you do, but we have no confidence in the US hawk politics with their useless wars in Iraque, Vietnam and other countries! Every time the US started a war the world got less secure!
Franz: Every time Europe started a war in the last 100 years, the U.S. had to make the world secure. With Europe’s political correctness, it’s becoming a suburb of the middle east.
I think Europe has learned the lessons of the two world wars. Not so the US!
The US has the same problem as Germany did 80 some years ago; when you build an army you’ve to use it.
Fabian: The U.S. is on a joint training exercise with Poland. Not marching through Poland in conquest like Germany in 1939.
FRANZ, WE never started a war!!
And who started the two Iraq-wars? Switzerland, Germany, France, Russia??
Franz, but those weren’t DECLARED wars. They were mistakes, just ask yesterday’s orphans who parade about as terrorists now that they are all grown up. Nothing like a little blow back to create a little chaos to expedite the coming of the NWO.
American needs to break ties with the UN, the CFR, NATO, and all of the other ‘foreign enterprises’ that hold us responsible for what goes on World wide. If we don’t reclaim our Sovereignty soon, there might not be anything left to salvage in four years from now.
I believe that NATO should be a viable defense against Russian aggression in the Baltic region. It was originally set up to curb Soviet aggression during the cold war and, in my opinion, still holds true today. It is partially true that maybe Europe gets its oil from Russia and that is why they’re hesitant; but as with China, expansionism can bring on war. I really think Trump doesn’t understand that. We should be providing oil to the Europeans by further developing our own resources. As far as Obama is concerned, he does everything in half measures and that may be one of the reasons that our allies are skeptical to commit. Europe, like the United States, is consumed by political correctness as well. The world also sees how divided the U.S. is within and that also doesn’t give them confidence in our abilities
What a colossal lie!!You might google a list of US military interventions since WW11.
You are not too far off in your assessment of our foreign policies.
War will come again . NATO has been something that has held it in check. The EU needs to make its own military . The Nazi over ran them the Russians and Muslim forces will do it. Maybe it is time for the US to come home. Buck????????⚔???????? 100% disabled Vietnam veteran
Buck, I totally agree with you entirely, we have been neglecting our own country, our territories, our own hemisphere which is our
backyard. Time to get the hell out of that damned NATO, very few European nations in NATO has paid into it, only Great Britain,
Norway, Germany, Poland and Ireland which isn’t even a member of NATO and was never asked or invited to join NATO are the only
European nations that pays into and contributes to NATO, the rest of those damned European nations are and have been getting A
DAMNED [email protected]&KING FREE RIDE. Not only should the United States get the hell out of NATO, but also Canada, Mexico, Chile, Argentina,
Australia & New Zealand should & ought to just get the hell out of NATO NOW!!!!!!!! TRUMP ALL WAY-2016
I just want to say something to all of you Trumpsters out there. Isolationism does not make us any safer. We wanted to stay out of the war raging around the world during World War II, and look what happened — We were attacked.
All the more we shouldn’t be isolationists.
No one respects this president other than his crazed supporters. This president has proven to be a man of many words but no ability to give most of those words any power. World leaders are able to look to how President Obama turned his back on regimes in the Middle East several years ago as they were falling during the Arab Spring.
Just one of the many reasons we need to insure Trump makes it to the White House.
WHY ARE WE WASTING MONEY ON PROVOKING RUSSIA???????? EVERYONE KNOWS THAT obama IS PUSHING HIS BELIEFS ON EVERYONE….ALL HE IS DOING IS PISSING THEM AND THE TRUE BLOODED AMERICANS OFF. HE IS A VERY WASTEFUL PERSON, OF COURSE IT’S NOT HIS MONEY…….POS THAT IS MY OPINION ON obama AND HIS HUSBAND, MITCHELL!!!!!!!!!!!!! TRUMP 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!
There are 7 nations that are in NATO that need to get the hell out of that damned NATO. The United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile,
Argentina, Australia & New Zealand and only 5 European nations pays for all of NATOs cost. The European nations of Norway, Great Britain,
Poland, Germany & Ireland which is not in NATO at all and was never invited to join NATO. The rest of the European members of NATO are
Getting a FREE RIDE-THEY PAY NOTHING AT ALL. Our country should & ought to only focus on the OAS-Organization of American States
which is our own hemisphere, Island countries in the Pacific, and the following Atlantic island countries of Iceland, Ireland & Great Britain.
Stay the hell out of the Middle East, Africa, mainland Europe, Mainland Asia, but watch both Russia & China very close.
Great, anyone know what this empty show of force is going to cost? Obama is only looking for respect, good luck with that.
The “FREELOADER” in the WH is idle and pathetic. No one respects a FOOL and he dares call himself Commander in Chief. What a joke. He’s on his way out so don’t expect any miracles in his decision making. Personally, I await our next POTUS which will be DONALD TRUMP and then we will see positive changes in our Nation. GOD Bless America.
You will get what you deserve!
NO Sheila, we got what idiots like you fostered on us. And even tho you are too stupid to realize it, Obuma is screwing you too.
No Sheila, we got what idiots like you fostered on us. And, even tho. you are too stupid to know it, Obuma is screwing you along with all Americans.
Trump will Fix NATO or get something better with our real Allies
Yea right! He cannot even get along with what he had here!
Shut up, Sheila. You are just making a bigger fool of yourself as you keep vomiting up your idiotic comments.
What do you expect when Obama leads from his behind.