"100,000 Russian Troops To Be Sent To Baltic Border..." Topic

…For Military Drills.

"Baltic nations are increasingly worried that Russian war games set for this autumn will see President Vladimir Putin send as many as 100,000 troops to Belarus' border with Lithuania and Poland -- the very edge of the Kremlin's sphere of influence with eastern Europe.

At a recent Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Russia, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, said he'd met recently with Baltic ambassadors who said the planned "Zapad" exercises, set for September, could involve that many Russian troops, which would be a significant increase on the number that took part in previous drills under the same name in 2013 and 2009.

U.S. Gen. Phillip Breedlove, who was the Supreme Commander for NATO until May last year, said the name for the exercise -- the Russian word for "west" -- combined with the fact that he's heard it could involve at least 100,000 troops -- possibly twice that many -- is "a bit alarming."…"

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Amicalement
Armand

Putin is looking to see if his investment in Trump will pay dividends.

This is more mainstream media hype citing the fanciful fears of one side's paranoid generals to wind-up their tax-payers and allow increased militarisation in Eastern Europe. The same paranoia as is being spun in Russia by Russian generals, pundits and ultra nationalists. Dollars and cynical opportunism on both sides are driving this cycling-up to a war-footing and the capacity for a misstep to bring real war is growing. Diplomacy rather than military intimidation is needed here from both sides.

Rod Robertson.

Somehow I don't think Russia is going to move about 20% of its standing army to the Lithuanian-Polish border…they just don't have the resources to make that move efficiently and pay for them to stay there for very long.

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Amicalement
Armand

With a guy named Breedlove in command we're doomed already. Sounds like an adult film stage name. What happens when the shooting starts, he seduces the entire Russian high command?

:-D

I'm picturing GTA-style aviator sunglasses, Hawaiian shirt, gold chains, and a Burt Reynolds mustache from the 70s!

"Fighting's not my bag baby!"

The need of the globalists to overamplify the Russian menace is greater now than ever before to ensure that the new POTUS maintains pressure and sanctions.

Don't want those fierce fascist running-dog Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians crossing the border and de-stabilizing mother Russia!

Can someone let them know that we're totally best friends now?