Pentagon plans to withdraw 10,000 soldiers from Eastern Europe!?
The US is seriously considering withdrawing up to 10,000 soldiers from NATO members in Eastern Europe, said six European and US officials who are familiar with information and events behind Kulis, writes NBC News.
These are members of the units that have a total of 20,000 people and sent to NATO members bordering Ukraine in NATO in 2022 to strengthen the eastern border of the Alliance.
Officials familiarized with potential withdrawal wanted to remain anonymous and are convinced that the potential withdrawal would be infected with Moscow.
– The reduction of US soldiers will reduce the possibility of distracting the Russian attack and will encourage the Russians to engage in the internal issues of the countries in the east of the continent – said Senior Vice President of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Seth Jones.
Trump clearly told the Allies to become more independent and invest more in defense, not just dependent on the US army and a nuclear umbrella that had defended NATO allies since 1945.
Putin said at one time that NATO spreading to the former members of the failed Warsaw Union is the reason for the ‘Special Military Operation’ in Ukraine. In 2008, Moscow intervened in Georgia and took her two provinces after the government in Tbilisi expressed her desire to enter the NATO Alliance.
Trump has made it clear that during his term, the main focus will be on the distraction of China and in the Pacific Ocean. This was also announced by US Defense Minister Pete Hegsetth.
For the first time, Putin openly criticized NATO’s spread in 2007 during a speech at a security conference in Munich. During his speech, the Russian president criticized what he called the monopolistic domination of the US in global relations and their almost unrestrained use of force in international relations.
« The result of such a dominance is that no one feels safe, » Putin said, adding that such a policy fosters a race in weapons. Putin quoted the speech of the former Minister of Defense of Western Germany and NATO Secretary General from 1988 to 1994, Manfred Wörner of 1990 to support his view that NATO promised that he would not spread to the former member of the Warsaw Pact.
NATO members, primarily the Baltic countries and Poland, are preparing for the potential disappearance of ubiquitous American forces in the east of the continent.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania build ‘Baltic defense line. The defensive line envisages the construction of 1000 concrete bunkers, 600 in Estonia, which has a larger Russian national minority (about 296,000, 21 percent of the total population). Rovovi, anti -tank ditches are also digging, ammunition warehouses and shelters are being built.
