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Secretary General of Nato, Jens Stoltenberg, said the allied nations are putting hundreds of thousands of troops in a state of high alert in an effort to deter a mounting threat from Moscow.
While Nato cut its defence budget and military investment since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia has been bolstering its military capabilities, holding parades involving more than 100,000 troops each year.
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originally posted by: Profusion
Secretary General of Nato, Jens Stoltenberg, said the allied nations are putting hundreds of thousands of troops in a state of high alert in an effort to deter a mounting threat from Moscow.
That ad describes simply and succinctly one reason why all of this is important. I've heard it theorized that the moment Clinton is sworn in as POTUS will be the moment Russia starts WW3. If Russia feels that WW3 is inevitable, that may be the rational move.
ByME: (formatting is messing up).
WW3 has been theorized here every day for years for any number of reasons.edit on 7-11-2016 by reldra because: (no reason given)edit on 7-11-2016 by reldra because: (no reason given)
A big part of the reason I post WW3 threads is to read the nonsensical, childish replies. I don't know if it's hilarious or tragic.
originally posted by: grayghost
OP you just can't let it go can you?
And where are the mods?
A long time ago you would lose your account.
Nato is organising the “biggest reinforcement of its collective defence since the end of the Cold War”
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Jens Stoltenberg, the alliance’s secretary-general, did not give precise figures, but Sir Adam Thomson, Britain’s outgoing permanent representative to Nato, said he thought that the goal was to speed up the response time of up to 300,000 military personnel to about two months. At present a force of this size could take up to 180 days to deploy.
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originally posted by: TemporalMental
These belittling posts trying to stifle the OP and others like him for your own post count and for the aforementioned joy of stifling is pretty lame tbf.
If you disagree with the OP that's your prerogative, why be rude? I'm assuming most of are over the age of understanding respect for your fellow man?