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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on April 14, 2021, 11:14:49 am
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The D Brief: US to add troops in Germany; Taliban decline peace talks; Domestic terror spikes; Russia’s robot unit; And a bit more...
By Bradley Peniston
Deputy Editor
April 13, 2021 11:25 AM ET
U.S. to add 500 troops to German rotation. The troops will provide “additional capabilities in space and cyber, and some other issues,†Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Tuesday after a meeting with German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.
Subtext: The move begins to fulfill President Biden’s February promise to reverse his predecessor’s planned drawdown of some 9,500 troops from Germany, “a move that had stunned European and North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies and generated bipartisan protest in the U.S. Congress,†Bloomberg reports.
Context: “The Biden administration has sought to distance itself from Trump’s ‘America first’ foreign policy which urged U.S. allies to fend for themselves and pay more toward collective defense. It has repeatedly stated that the support of allies is central to accomplishing its foreign policy goals from competing with China to containing climate change, and managing Iran’s nuclear ambitions.†Read on, here.
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/04/the-d-brief-april-13-2021/173320/
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Not surprised.I also wouldn't be surprised if he tries to pull military assets out of Baltics, Poland, etc. if Russia demands it.