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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nIt was just three years ago<\/a> that we read about the last tanks leaving Germany because the world had changed so much that the folks in the Pentagon figured that we didn’t need a presence like that in Europe. Well, now, because the pendulum has swung back in the other direction, Pentagon planners are worried that we don’t have enough troops in Europe, according to the Military Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe do not have, in my opinion, enough U.S. forces permanently stationed forward \u2026 so I believe that the permanent forces forward need to be reviewed,\u201d [EUCOM Commander, Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove], who also serves as NATO’s supreme commander, told reporters March 1.<\/p>\n These high-level discussions at the Pentagon come amid growing worry that U.S. and NATO forces would be quickly overwhelmed in a fight against the far larger Russian force aligned along NATO\u2019s eastern border. A recent series of classified exercises, featuring scenarios forecasting Russian military advances into Europe, is summarized in a report released in February from the RAND Corp.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n We didn’t “need” 200.000 trops and thousands of tanks and personnel carriers in Europe during the 80’s but they were there as a deterrent. Funny how when they pull the forces out, there is suddenly a threat. I guess that what’s deterrent means.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"