Sunday, May 27, 2018

Top U.S. General In Europe Wants More Troops And Resources To 'Deter' Russia

European Command head Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti. © Flickr/ UNC - CFC - USFK

Zero Hedge: US Commander In Europe Wants More Troops, Resources To "Deter" Russia

Russia has begun substantial multi-year cuts on their own military spending, but that isn’t going to deter Pentagon brass who intend to keep using it for more spending to “counter” them. European Command head Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti is the latest to push this narrative.

Gen. Scaparrotti suggested that the “modernization” of Russia’s military means that the US needs to deploy even more troops into Europe, with yet more equipment, to “deter” Russia.

“In terms of the force structure...in each of our domains, there are additions that I need,” he said.

US officials have been claiming that Russia would invade Eastern Europe at some point.

NATO officials have conceded that’s not a realistic concern, and it’s even less realistic with Russia dialing back its military spending.

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WNU Editor: Countries that plan to invade neighboring countries do not cut their defense budgets .... Russian Defense Spending Falls By Twenty Percent (May 2, 2018).
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7 comments:

  1. jacMay 27, 2018 at 11:20 PM

    Russia invading Europe ??????????????? That's war with NATO !!!!!!!
    Putin is not crazy, he always take "action" carefully with no NATO countries. All of that is fantasy, but we shall put assets in an area we will need somewhere else.

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    1. AnonymousMay 28, 2018 at 5:24 AM

      Russia invaded Europe before.

      The reason why Russia doesn't invade Europe now - and try to rebuild the Soviet union empire (we all know that's Putin's biggest wish), is because of the United States. Not for any other nato reason. Nato without the US and you have Russia swallowing half of Europe incl whole of eastern Europe.

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  2. AnonymousMay 27, 2018 at 11:41 PM

    Ever heard a General say he needs fewer forces?
    I haven’t.

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  3. jacMay 28, 2018 at 12:36 AM

    Anon,
    True!

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  4. Young CommunistMay 28, 2018 at 8:07 AM

    Another (yawn...) invasion of Russian territory on the horizon?

    But NATO need to lose in Iran, first!

    C'mon, make the things in properly order.

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  5. UnknownMay 28, 2018 at 8:55 AM

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 8, 2018 at 7:35 AM

    "C'mon, make the things in properly order."

    In the order that you see them in your dream?>

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