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In February, NATO’s Defender of Europe 2020 exercises, the largest in 25 years, will begin in Europe. In total, 37 thousand soldiers from 19 countries will take part in them.
The official goal of the maneuvers is to work out the expeditious transfer of American troops to the countries of Eastern Europe. The European theater of operations will cover 10 states - Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Italy and Georgia.
Experts believe that the administration of US President Donald Trump, pushing the Allies to form a logistic structure for military equipment, can help create a hotbed of tension in Europe, which in the event of a military conflict, European countries will suffer.
Washington and NATO are striving to militarize the region under the guise of exercises, and the deployment of the American contingent may involve not only educational, but also offensive goals. But not only Europeans face the threat of hostilities, which are less and less like defensive ones. United States troops take part in exercises whose conditions are close to military: away from their land, on foreign territory.
Several divisions thrown by the United States to defend Europe cannot be a determining factor in the event of a conflict with Russia. And provoking the situation can lead to global consequences when European countries are exposed to a real threat. Moreover, the risk of accidental conflicts increases manifold, against the backdrop of a statement by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who commented on a missile attack in Iraq and the death of an Iranian general with the words “the destruction of Suleimani is an example of a new US strategy.” Not only Poland and Georgia, which voluntarily became a target to please American patrons, but also the whole of Europe, may be under attack.
At the same time, the US is trying in every possible way to show that they are the guarantor of European security, although they are not doing it for free. Experts emphasized that the president of America calls the help to protect allies a service, and to provide it for free is “bad business” for Americans. The head of the White House is demanding that NATO member countries increase military spending to 2% of GDP and increase the pay for American forces located on their territory.
Most of the nearly 80 thousand American military contingent in Europe is located in Germany and amounts to approximately 35 thousand. In Germany, Americans occupy the territory of the Ramstein air base, which became the headquarters of the US Air Force in Europe, and the Landstuhl medical center. Their maintenance costs the Germans about $ 1 billion annually. Another 12 thousand American soldiers are in Italy, 8 thousand in the UK, 3 thousand in Spain. The Allies pay America a total of almost $ 2.5 billion for the deployment of American troops on their territories.
Nevertheless, there is a split in NATO, and even with the assistance of America, the bloc’s allies sound protests. German Die Welt quotes Bundestag deputy from the Left Party Alexander Noah: “These exercises are a new planned provocation against Russia, which will lead to retaliatory steps by Moscow.” Left-wing politicians in the parliament of Saxony also consider: “This large-scale exercise is a provocation against Russia and a huge waste of money and resources.”
The official goal of the maneuvers is to work out the expeditious transfer of American troops to the countries of Eastern Europe. The European theater of operations will cover 10 states - Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Italy and Georgia.
Experts believe that the administration of US President Donald Trump, pushing the Allies to form a logistic structure for military equipment, can help create a hotbed of tension in Europe, which in the event of a military conflict, European countries will suffer.
Washington and NATO are striving to militarize the region under the guise of exercises, and the deployment of the American contingent may involve not only educational, but also offensive goals. But not only Europeans face the threat of hostilities, which are less and less like defensive ones. United States troops take part in exercises whose conditions are close to military: away from their land, on foreign territory.
Several divisions thrown by the United States to defend Europe cannot be a determining factor in the event of a conflict with Russia. And provoking the situation can lead to global consequences when European countries are exposed to a real threat. Moreover, the risk of accidental conflicts increases manifold, against the backdrop of a statement by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who commented on a missile attack in Iraq and the death of an Iranian general with the words “the destruction of Suleimani is an example of a new US strategy.” Not only Poland and Georgia, which voluntarily became a target to please American patrons, but also the whole of Europe, may be under attack.
At the same time, the US is trying in every possible way to show that they are the guarantor of European security, although they are not doing it for free. Experts emphasized that the president of America calls the help to protect allies a service, and to provide it for free is “bad business” for Americans. The head of the White House is demanding that NATO member countries increase military spending to 2% of GDP and increase the pay for American forces located on their territory.
Most of the nearly 80 thousand American military contingent in Europe is located in Germany and amounts to approximately 35 thousand. In Germany, Americans occupy the territory of the Ramstein air base, which became the headquarters of the US Air Force in Europe, and the Landstuhl medical center. Their maintenance costs the Germans about $ 1 billion annually. Another 12 thousand American soldiers are in Italy, 8 thousand in the UK, 3 thousand in Spain. The Allies pay America a total of almost $ 2.5 billion for the deployment of American troops on their territories.
Nevertheless, there is a split in NATO, and even with the assistance of America, the bloc’s allies sound protests. German Die Welt quotes Bundestag deputy from the Left Party Alexander Noah: “These exercises are a new planned provocation against Russia, which will lead to retaliatory steps by Moscow.” Left-wing politicians in the parliament of Saxony also consider: “This large-scale exercise is a provocation against Russia and a huge waste of money and resources.”