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| Putin's next strike could be anywhere in the world, warns Polish official |
| 2016-02-19 |
| [The Guardian] Adviser to Poland's president says Russia's Syria intervention demonstrated to US that its diplomatic 'pivot to Asia' was a mistake. Vladimir Putin's new geopolitical ambitions have led the US to realise it made a strategic mistake turning away from Europe and making a pivot to Asia, the foreign affairs adviser to the Polish president has said. Krzysztof Szczerski urged the west to recognise that the Russian president was no longer simply seeking to restore his country's dominance in former Soviet states such as Ukraine, but to adopt a more dominant military posture across the globe. He told the Guardian: "It is now a strategy of geopolitical confrontation, so the next strikes of Putin are not guaranteed to be in the post-Soviet sphere. It could be anywhere in the world. It is wrong to think that Putin has narrow territorial limits. Syria has shown that is not the case." Szczerski said Putin's Syrian intervention last year showed Russia had the capacity to move large amounts of equipment at speed across a great distance without their preparations being noticed. "His capacity to set these new challenging fronts around the world should be an alarm call," he said. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 As per the Bammer's "Pivot to Asia" ... * See THE DIPLOMAT > AMERICA'S MICRONESIA PROBLEM. Tremendous MilPol or Geopol opportunities for China + PLA + China's "2nd Island Chain" strategy in CENTPAC iff the FSM succeeds in voiding the Compact of Free Asociation wid the US??? GUAM [+ Camel Rock + Pearl Harbor 1941 USN BB USS "OKLAHOMA"] AT RISK [again]. PLA to get access to former WW2 IJN Fleet Base at CHUUK/TRUK LAGOON - ditto Ulithi Lagoon? Kwajalein? PUTIN TO SAVE GUAM + HAWAII FOR OWG NAU AMERIKA??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-02-19 22:58 |
| #2 Back in the day, we used to joke that the Poles went on alert every time the Germans or Soviets cranked their tracks to take engine oil samples. (Anyone remember the AOAP?) Given their history, this is understandable. Sure hope President Trump will have enough of a clue to do the right thing by the poles. Besides, I understand that Poland is a pretty nice duty location- standard of living almost as good as Germany was circa 1985, and a lot more grateful for our presence. |
| Posted by: nguard 2016-02-19 11:52 |
| #1 I doubt 'anywhere' includes some man made islands in the South China Sea. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-02-19 08:06 |