US deploying troops to Eastern Europe

OU812

Only 600 going to Poland, but a concerning development.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/22/russia-ukraine-crimea-pentagon/8022747/

Matt_Trakker

Poland has an army well experienced in peace-keeping missions.....a bit like Ireland I suppose, don't understand why they need 600 blood-thirsty, trigger-happy yanks.

turnikett1

It's not concerning because it's just a load of dick shaking. Same ol same ol geopolitical finger pointing and muscle flexing. Remember the North Korea "nuclear war crisis" last year? More of the same shíte.

In before our resident Tom Clancy fans give us their sound political analysis and tell us how WW3 has started!

old_aussie

Be prepared to meet your new master, Russia

It wont be chem trails you have to worry about soon.

My dog likes ruskies!

Gambas

Matt_Trakker wrote: »

Poland has an army well experienced in peace-keeping missions.....a bit like Ireland I suppose, don't understand why they need 600 blood-thirsty, trigger-happy yanks.

Keep us posted on the inevitable blood drinking and incidents where these US soldiers open fire in Poland, won't you?

Cantremember

OU812 wrote: »

Only 600 going to Poland, but a concerning development.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/22/russia-ukraine-crimea-pentagon/8022747/

If you're Putin and you weren't quite sure how much more you would try on after Crimea.

Elmer Blooker

Matt_Trakker wrote: »

Poland has an army well experienced in peace-keeping missions.....a bit like Ireland I suppose, don't understand why they need 600 blood-thirsty, trigger-happy yanks.

you see they got their asses kicked in Iraq and the same is happening in Afghanistan so they have to stir up some **** somewhere else.
Putin is the new Osama Bin Laden.

pablomakaveli

A NATO member sending troops to another NATO member. Shocking stuff.:eek:

Larbre34

Putin is all done, and fair focks to him, he got his vital strategic naval base and a nice holiday resort peninsula by not messing about consulting and summiting like the Western nations have to.

He has all he needs now, he can throw the odd bone to the Russian speakers in east Ukraine with an occasional statement of support and a bit of posturing, but in reality he has no political or strategic need to control a bit of random land near his current border, he already has millions of square miles to spare.

A masterstroke by Putin, straight out of the colonial era, but in six months this story will have gone the way of the Syrian civil war and MH370 - yesterdays news....

Lou.m

Larbre34 wrote: »

Putin is all done, and fair focks to him, he got his vital strategic naval base and a nice holiday resort peninsula by not messing about consulting and summiting like the Western nations have to.

He has all he needs now, he can throw the odd bone to the Russian speakers in east Ukraine with an occasional statement of support and a bit of posturing, but in reality he has no political or strategic need to control a bit of random land near his current border, he already has millions of square miles to spare.

A masterstroke by Putin, straight out of the colonial era, but in six months this story will have gone the way of the Syrian civil war and MH370 - yesterdays news....

He can't be all done.

He needs the rest of Ukraine. It supplies all power to Crimea the pipelines run through. He cannot sustain Russia without crimea he cannot sustain Crimea without Ukraine. He needs the rest of Ukraine. It is a house of cards. Once you invade you have to keep going to support the victory. It is what the US did not understand in the middle east.

Matt_Trakker

Gambas wrote: »

Keep us posted on the inevitable blood drinking and incidents where these US soldiers open fire in Poland, won't you?

I will brother, no problem, I live there so I'm 'on the ground' as they say.

Larbre34 wrote: »

A masterstroke by Putin, straight out of the colonial era, but in six months this story will have gone the way of the Syrian civil war and MH370 - yesterdays news....

I certainly hope so, I've no interest in living in a country that borders with a war zone.....but I doubt it, I can't see how the Ukrainian govt are going to control the militias....only way I see is by getting American help (which will annoy Vlad) or EU help (again, Vlad ain't happy) or going it alone (they'll be beaten as they don't have the resources).

suicide_circus

**** yeah!

nelly17

pablomakaveli wrote: »

A NATO member sending troops to another NATO member. Shocking stuff.:eek:

Its all just ratcheting up the heat again - 600 US troops in a country where they could have a significant missile base - SHOCKING

Guy:Incognito

Larbre34 wrote: »

Putin is all done, and fair focks to him, he got his vital strategic naval base and a nice holiday resort peninsula by not messing about consulting and summiting like the Western nations have to.

If the UK fancies having the whole of Ireland back, presumably that'd be fair play too?

Andrew_Doran

Same old game it was ever was.

http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/html/showMemorial.php?show=857

Owldshtok

Vlad and his friend from Hells Angels Russia.


https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/253611/304539.jpg

Iwasfrozen

Owldshtok wrote: »

Vlad and his friend from Hells Angels Russia.


https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/253611/304539.jpg

Why is that badge on his jacket English?

FlusterCluck

Larbre34 wrote: »

Putin is all done, and fair focks to him, he got his vital strategic naval base and a nice holiday resort peninsula by not messing about consulting and summiting like the Western nations have to.

He has all he needs now, he can throw the odd bone to the Russian speakers in east Ukraine with an occasional statement of support and a bit of posturing, but in reality he has no political or strategic need to control a bit of random land near his current border, he already has millions of square miles to spare.

A masterstroke by Putin, straight out of the colonial era, but in six months this story will have gone the way of the Syrian civil war and MH370 - yesterdays news....

If only it was that simple.
NATO's goal is to Balkanize Ukraine and open the place up to western corporations. The IMF has already set about implementing crippling austerity measures on the place and have insisted on privatising Ukraine's agricultural land. Halliburton, old Dick Cheney's gang, are leading the way in opening up all of Ukraine to fracking. The place has vast agricultural and coal resources. Hardly a bit of "random land".

Augmerson

Lou.m wrote: »

He can't be all done.

He needs the rest of Ukraine. It supplies all power to Crimea the pipelines run through. He cannot sustain Russia without crimea he cannot sustain Crimea without Ukraine. He needs the rest of Ukraine. It is a house of cards. Once you invade you have to keep going to support the victory. It is what the US did not understand in the middle east.

I think there is just one pipeline that runs through Crimea. The majority run through northern/central Ukraine.

Owldshtok

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Why is that badge on his jacket English?

Probably because HAMC are international with origins in USA and more people in the world recognise the Roman alphabet than cyrillic or Russian .The back patches may be in Russian http://http://affa.hells-angels.com/