{"id":43656,"date":"2014-04-16T13:41:33","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T17:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=43656"},"modified":"2014-04-16T13:46:08","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T17:46:08","slug":"nato-beefs-up-forces-near-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=43656","title":{"rendered":"NATO beefs up forces near Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Stars & Stripes<\/a>, it’s reported that NATO is letting the world know that after weeks of diddling, they’re deploying more forces to the area around the eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will have more planes in the air, more ships on the water, and more readiness on the land,\u201d NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told reporters after a meeting of the North Atlantic Council.<\/p>\n

Among the measures to be taken include an intensification of NATO air policing missions over the Baltic region and more allied ships bound for the Baltic Sea, eastern Mediterranean and other regions as required, Rasmussen said. However, he made no mention of sending additional ships to the Black Sea, where Russia has the bulk of its fleet. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The good news is that they’re leaning forward with staff, too, so there will be enough cooks to ruin the broth. My only question is what exactl are they deploying, since the Pentagon, in another Stars & Stripes link<\/a> claims that, because of sequestration, they can no longer guarantee our national security; <\/p>\n

\u201cIf sequestration-level cuts persist, our forces will assume substantial additional risks in certain missions and will continue to face significant readiness and modernization challenges,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOverall, sequester-level cuts would result in a military that is too small to fully meet the requirements of our strategy, thereby significantly increasing national security risks both in the short- and long-term,\u201d according to a Pentagon statement that accompanied the report\u2019s release.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, I’m sure the news of NATO taking this seriously has Vlad shaking in his boots. NBC News, in a link sent by Pinto Nag, reports that the Russians have rolled about 40,000 troops to it’s border with Ukraine, I wonder how many NATO will send. The Ukrainians are gearing up for an operation they’re calling “anti-terrorist” and they aren’t giving NBC full access with their cameras;<\/p>\n