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2018-06-06 International-UN-NGOs

US pushes NATO to ready more forces to deter Russian threat

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Posted by trailing wife 2018-06-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Pff...shatter NATO...NATO members have done more to shatter NATO than Russia will ever do.

The NATO countries are useless boat anchors. They will never carry their fair share. Never. If they had to spend the 2% minimum, they'd have to make cuts in other parts of their budgets. This would mean the politicians would get voted out, and this must never be allowed to happen.

Some allies, screwing us like this.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2018-06-06 03:23|| 2018-06-06 03:23|| Front Page Top

Posted by Jack Chaiter7913 2018-06-06 07:32|| 2018-06-06 07:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Once again. F*'m. Sorry, Secty Mattis, but he who defends everything, defends nothing.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-06-06 09:01|| 2018-06-06 09:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Remember the 70's and 80's world of Red Storm Rising where armies stared at each other through the Fulda Gap? Only the hard-line Stalinists left in the Russia would miss it,but --- what a change! Taking 30 days, 30 days!, to pull a brigade together !?!

Posted by magpie 2018-06-06 10:48|| 2018-06-06 10:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Simple solution: If you want to remain in NATO, you need to provide 2500 combat troops and support elements for each 5 million in your population. "Support elements" include everything from logistics to combat air support. Russia would sh$$ full-size cinder-blocks -- by the truckload.

Posted by Old Patriot 2018-06-06 22:10|| 2018-06-06 22:10|| Front Page Top

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