Top US General Seeks More Troops in Europe to Confront Russia – activistpost

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03/06/19

 

“The tensions between the US and Russia/China just keep growing.”  Admin

 

Speaking to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, the NATO Supreme Allied Commander-Europe, argued that the US needs to send even more troops and warships to Europe to “stay ahead of Russia.”

 

Even though Russia’s military spending is actually scheduled to decrease in the next few years, Gen. Scaparrotti argued that the “growing” Russian threat justified even more US spending on Europe. This has, of course, been a common argument for Pentagon officials, and is why the US has such a massive number of troops in Eastern Europe in the first place.

 

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