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Bjorn Skogquist's avatar

In my humble opinion, not committing troops is a mistake. Putting 25,000 US troops in a forward position would have prevented a Russian assault.

The US can't reverse course all of a sudden. After 70 years of prohibiting major nations that were defeated in WWII from having an army, we cannot all of a sudden force them (and many other weaker nations) to have instantly strong armies. Cash and weapons are no substitute for the effectiveness of a well trained military We need to be a part of any force that engages Russia because we provide the technical expertise and also the inertia. I do not see a coalition of other countries coming together to push back Russia without US backing and US troops. This is probably best done through NATO, but NATO will be counting on American troops, dollars, hardware, and expertise.

Besides the above point, we do not want a militarized Europe. It is much better as an economic engine than a military one.

Yes, Trump is a sycophant, and worse! I am enjoying the articles Tom - keep them coming!

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Jeffrey Peterson's avatar

In an otherwise astute evaluation of this situation, Trump doesn't deserve this much attention

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