“This really means a lot to us. We see that we are not alone, that there is someone to defend us,” Zdzislaw Narel, 60, told The Associated Press. “This is really a historic moment.”<\/p>\n
“You make us feel like movie stars,” a U.S. soldier was heard saying from atop a Stryker.<\/p>\n
The “Dragoon Ride” convoy of dozens of armored vehicles started last week from Estonia and passed through Latvia and Lithuania before entering Poland, on a 1,700-kilometer (1,000-mile) return journey to a base in Vilseck, Germany. They took part in the Atlantic Resolve exercise intended to demonstrate NATO’s readiness to defend its members.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
If I’m not mistaken, this is part of the new strategy to station equipment in Poland while rotating troops in and out of the country to demonstrate our support for Polish democracy as well as the other regional states. Funny how most of the world sees US troops on their soil as guarantors of their freedom. How many other nations can boast that?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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