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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nThe Obama Administration has decided that they’re going to lean forward on the Crimea situation and position more US forces closer to the area according to the Associated Press<\/a>;<\/p>\n President Barack Obama’s deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes, said NATO was aiming to provide “a continuous presence to reassure our allies.” While he would not detail specific countries where the additional resources would be sent, he noted that the U.S. was particularly focused on efforts to bolster Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.<\/p>\n Rhodes briefed reporters as Obama traveled to Rome from Brussels, where he met with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, as well as European Union leaders. In a speech from the heart of Europe, Obama declared the crisis in Ukraine a global “moment of testing.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n An admirable goal, but according to the Washington Post, our European allies, you know, the folks who live in the neighborhood and have more skin in the game, aren’t interested in bolstering security in the region according to the Washington Post<\/a>;<\/p>\n But even with officials acknowledging the danger, they are reluctant to respond by reversing planned cuts in military spending that were enacted when Europe was more stable.<\/p>\n \u201cThe hope is still there that political and diplomatic means will succeed. And budgets are still tight,\u201d said Michael Clarke, director general of the London-based Royal United Services Institute. \u201cThere\u2019s also a sense in Europe that we lived in the Soviet shadow for 50 years, and we learned not to overreact.\u201d<\/p>\n Indeed, there\u2019s strong sentiment in Europe against any kind of response to Russia that would set off a new Cold War. With most Europeans regarding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as failures, voters would rather see their governments focus on domestic spending than risk getting entangled in another foreign conflict.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So they’re perfectly happy to live under the old Cold War defensive umbrella that the US provided without reinforcing their own measures. And the reason that Afghanistan and Iraq failed, to some degree, was because of the socialists in Europe and their failure to recognize the importance of the mission. Maybe instead of leaning forward, the US should continue our withdrawal from Europe and let the Euro-wienies fend for themselves on the world stage.<\/p>\n The life of one American is not worth the whole continent of Europe. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"