Dear CCI Friends,
This information below is totally antithetical to what American citizens are now polling and demonstrating against. Who in our government supports this direction that NATO is taking?
Why are our 2020 Presidential candidates silent, with the exception of Congresswoman Gabbard? Read below and consider, “How much will these War Games cost us taxpayers individually and collectively?” It is morally unjustifiable with the great unmet needs of our society that are going unfinanced.
We don’t have an enemy! However we are continuously projecting “enemy” on both Russia and China … berating them for things we have done for decades but for which we excuse ourselves. Both Russia and China want to cooperate with us to build a safer multipolar world. They are deeply concerned about our acts triggering WWIII.
Unfortunately both our Democrats and Republicans blame Russia and China to cover up our own inadequate leadership strategies and decision making. Please send this to as many of your colleagues as possible.
Sharon Tennison
Center for Citizen Initiatives
NATO’s Upcoming War Games Targeted Against Russia
U.S. strengthening its military presence in Europe
January 27, 2020
By Paul Antonopoulos
Last week NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg explained why the U.S. are strengthening their military presence in Europe. The reason is unsurprisingly to pressurize and intimidate Russia, but also against China and the so-called fight against terrorism. Stoltenberg explained that there are now more U.S. soldiers in EU Member States, more than ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. In the coming months, the Defender-Europe 2020 exercises,the largest of its kind in the last 25 years, will begin. And with this exercise, U.S. troop numbers will only increase in Europe with another 20,000 troops and officers arriving.
Germany will be the logistics center for the Defender-Europe 2020 exercise in March and by the end of January, thousands of U.S. soldiers will not only arrive in Germany, but also in Belgium, France and the Netherlands. The military drill will take place in Germany, Poland, Georgia and the Baltic States with the participation of 18 NATO countries, cover 4,000 kilometers of convoy routes and rely on 10 European countries to host exercise activities. The U.S. will send a total of 37,000 soldiers and officers to the exercise with the total number of troops to exceed 40,000 people.