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"The commander of the US army in Europe, Lt-Gen Frederick "Ben" Hodges, says that Nato must remain united "as insurance" against Russia

The commander of the US army in Europe has warned that Nato must remain united in the face of a "real threat" from Russia.

"It's not an assumption. There is a Russian threat," Lt-Gen Frederick "Ben" Hodges said.

"You've got the Russian ambassador threatening that Denmark will be a nuclear target if it participates in any missile defence programme. And when you look at the unsafe way Russian aircraft are flying without transponders in proximity to civilian aircraft, that's not professional conduct."

Gen Hodges spoke to the Telegraph on the sidelines of a military debriefing after an exercise to move live Patriot missiles 750 miles across Europe by road and deploy them on the outskirts of Warsaw…"
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According to Defensenews.com the US is pulling 24 Apaches out of Europe to send to Alaska. Hard to show any real unity when we are pulling forces out of the region. To me, shows that the current leadership really does not want to get involved in Europe. This is the same mentality they led us into WWII. Isolationism only works if all the other countries do not want war or have expansion plans.

Yep, and the NATO Commander was here for a visit, but couldn't be seen, even briefly as he requested, despite dire events in Europe.