Posted on Feb 5, 2022
Explaining the U.S. military presence in Europe as 2,000 more troops deploy
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https://www.npr.org/2022/02/04/ [login to see] /us-troops-europe-ukraine-russia-crisis
The United States is moving thousands of troops to Eastern Europe as NATO allies step up pressure on Russia to stop its military buildup circling Ukraine.
The Kremlin, meanwhile, accuses the U.S. of "igniting tensions" on the continent with U.S. deployments in Eastern Europe.
The United States is moving thousands of troops to Eastern Europe as NATO allies step up pressure on Russia to stop its military buildup circling Ukraine.
The Kremlin, meanwhile, accuses the U.S. of "igniting tensions" on the continent with U.S. deployments in Eastern Europe.
Explaining the U.S. military presence in Europe as 2,000 more troops deploy
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The problem with any NATO buildup (especially a US buildup) that is supposedly to "counter" a Russian buildup is that the Russians honestly see their actions as defensive in nature.
They really are firmly convinced that NATO and the US want to attack them - in fact they think that EVERYONE wants to attack them. This might seem like paranoia to you and me, but we need to admit that history supports the Russian idea. If we look back through history, every nation that became a major military power in the area HAS attacked Russia. Is it really any surprise that the Russians think it will happen again as soon as someone thinks they are strong enough?
The Russian defensive strategy includes the need to have buffer states along their border with any potential aggressor (e.g. NATO). The idea is to ensure that the nations along the border won't attack them and that any aggressor has to go through one or more of the buffer states to reach Russia. This allows them time and space to mount a defense.
in order to be sure that the buffer states won't attack Russia or allow some other nation to pass freely to attack Russia, the Russians see it as essential that they control or at least strongly influence the policies of the buffer states.
The idea of any of the buffer states joining NATO is a nightmare for the Russians even stronger than what we would have thought if Mexico or Canada joined the Warsaw Pact and invited a Soviet military presence along the US border.
Meanwhile NATO and the US see Russia as the aggressor and feel righteous about our military buildups always being defensive. After all, everyone knows we are the Good Guys. We have even told Russia that we have no intention of attacking them -- just like Germany had no intention of attacking Russia in 1940, France had no intention of attacking Russia in 1811 and the Mongols had no intention of attacking Russia in 1236.
Before everyone has a heart attack, I am NOT suggesting unilateral disarmament as a viable alternative. I am simply pointing out that the Russian view of the situation is different from our view.
They really are firmly convinced that NATO and the US want to attack them - in fact they think that EVERYONE wants to attack them. This might seem like paranoia to you and me, but we need to admit that history supports the Russian idea. If we look back through history, every nation that became a major military power in the area HAS attacked Russia. Is it really any surprise that the Russians think it will happen again as soon as someone thinks they are strong enough?
The Russian defensive strategy includes the need to have buffer states along their border with any potential aggressor (e.g. NATO). The idea is to ensure that the nations along the border won't attack them and that any aggressor has to go through one or more of the buffer states to reach Russia. This allows them time and space to mount a defense.
in order to be sure that the buffer states won't attack Russia or allow some other nation to pass freely to attack Russia, the Russians see it as essential that they control or at least strongly influence the policies of the buffer states.
The idea of any of the buffer states joining NATO is a nightmare for the Russians even stronger than what we would have thought if Mexico or Canada joined the Warsaw Pact and invited a Soviet military presence along the US border.
Meanwhile NATO and the US see Russia as the aggressor and feel righteous about our military buildups always being defensive. After all, everyone knows we are the Good Guys. We have even told Russia that we have no intention of attacking them -- just like Germany had no intention of attacking Russia in 1940, France had no intention of attacking Russia in 1811 and the Mongols had no intention of attacking Russia in 1236.
Before everyone has a heart attack, I am NOT suggesting unilateral disarmament as a viable alternative. I am simply pointing out that the Russian view of the situation is different from our view.
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