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As they used to say in The Bronx, “bullshit has its own sound.”
Imagine? Joseph Biden, the U.S. President who withdrew U.S. troops from the 20 year murderous Afghanistan War last year—leaving behind billions of dollars of U.S. armaments and erroneously claiming the Taliban would not take over the nation or its capital, Kabul—is now fat-mouthing that the U.S. will defend NATO nations.
Hours before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to shift U.S. forces already in Europe to Baltic states to “strengthen” them in the face of what he called Russian aggression. Besides the troops, the U.S. will send up to eight F-35s and 20 Apache helicopters, according to the Military Times.
“Our commitment to Article 5 is ironclad,” Biden said. “I have ordered the deployment of additional forces to augment our capabilities in Europe to support our NATO allies. We were joined today by our close partners Sweden, Finland, and the European Union. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has failed in his goal of dividing the West.”
The additional U.S. troops will be sent to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Reuters reported early Friday that about 20 Apache helicopters arrived in Latvia’s Lielvarde airfield.
“Our forces are not and will not be engaged in a conflict with Russia in Ukraine,” Biden said Thursday at the White House. “Our forces are not going to Europe to fight in Ukraine, but to defend our NATO allies and reassure those allies in the East.”
Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said Friday that more than 50,000 Ukrainians have fled from the country as Russian troops tried to advance towards Kyiv. As many as 100,000 have been displaced.
Four countries—including Poland—called for NATO countries to invoke Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
TRENDPOST: The Trends Journal has reported for months about the strained relations between Washington and Moscow, even before Biden was in the White House. (See “PUTIN ACKNOWLEDGES BIDEN’S ANTI-RUSSIAN RHETORIC” and “BIDEN HITS RUSSIA WITH SANCTIONS.”)