Kyle Anzalone – Libertarian Institute March 21, 2023
The US Army has officially opened its first permanent military garrison on NATO’s “eastern flank” in a ceremony on Tuesday.
Stretching from the Baltics to the Black Sea, the eastern portion of the North Atlantic bloc is made up of eight nations – all former members of the USSR or Warsaw Pact. The US Army’s V Corps will now have a lasting presence at Camp Kosciuszko in Poland.
The V Corps’ commanding general, Lt. Gen. John Kolasheski, explained the garrison showed that Washington is deepening its military commitments in Eastern Europe. “The relationship of the US and Poland serves as an example of the deepening ties throughout the alliance,” he said, adding “today’s activation ceremony is a tangible reminder of the growth in our relationship.”
As the Soviet Union crumbled in the early 1990s, Western leaders repeatedly assured Moscow that NATO would not expand into former USSR states or establish bases in Eastern Europe. However, since the George H.W. Bush administration offered those guarantees, all subsequent US presidents have violated the pledge and pushed NATO’s military footprint closer to Russia’s borders.
Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak described the garrison as “historic,” saying that Warsaw has been “striving for this for years – for this word ‘permanent’ – and it has now become fact.” He continued, “this is a historic moment, a sign that the United States is committed to Poland and NATO, and that we are united in the face of Russian aggression.”
The Pentagon currently has two officers stationed at Camp Kosciuszko and 200 additional troops at the base on a rotational basis. As Washington had already kept about 10,000 troops in Poland previously, an analyst at the Polish Institute of International Affairs, Artur Kacprzyk, argued the significance of the new garrison “is primarily symbolic.”
Poland has been a key hub for Western arms shipments to Ukraine given its location. While Camp Kosciuszko is not located near the border, an American diplomat explained the garrison was created to confront Russia. In a statement shared on Twitter, US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski said the decision to open a long-term base proves that “the United States is committed to Poland and the NATO alliance, and that we are united in the face of Russian aggression,” using verbiage nearly identical to Warsaw’s defense chief.
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I’ve often thought…
that the ONLY reason ZATO coddles ‘shit for brains’ Polacks is to make DUMB Yanks & THICK Brits appear marginally better!
😅
This by all rights and the correct interpretation of international law was and still is German territory.
The polish persons in the vicinity must be removed east to their correct lands and Germany restored.
It is the only correct and honourable outcome. Likewise Western Ukraine must be protected as Galicia.
All these areas were always solidly Anti Communist until the Jewish takeovers of the past century.
There should meanwhile be a truce with Putin. First we destroy the ZOG in UK/USA, then in Russia!
Pollock jokes didn’t simply precipitate out of thin air for no reason.
@ LOW BLOW
the masses mixed with deutsche citizenship will
give a shit on what was once german territory !
like jerusalem is restored in heaven
like palestina is restored in heaven
germany will be restored in heaven .
GERMAN NAZI NOSTALGIKER FORGET
WHAT IS LOST FOR EVER !
Maybe Poland is dumb enough to mean it when it talks of starting on Russia but the Yanks aren’t so self-assured. I think their idea is for Poland to start on Russia’s ally Belarus to draw Russia in, then when it does respond the US says Russia is expanding its aggression and all of NATO must join in to fight it. Two US officers and 200 troops isn’t a permanent base, it’s hardly even a camp. More troops go out on most field exercises.
Poland should realise if too few NATO states back them and the US then the US will back down also and leave Poland on its own. If the US has few assets on this base then it has little cost in leaving it, and being able to flee quickly suggests the small US troop there is a forward probe-and-agitate guerrilla unit.
low blow is bang on the button
thanks mate well said
Well, at least they are consistent.
American retirees are getting their pensions cut so The Empire can move yet more cannon fodder into harms way.
It’s why no one in the US cares about elections anymore… none of this would be different under Trump or any of the other candidates. All of them are Israel’s bum-kissers, not one a patriot to their own people.
@Low Blow: ‘The polish persons in the vicinity must be removed east to their correct lands and Germany restored.’
But which are their ‘correct lands’? The land that became Poland in 1918 had belonged to Russia, Prussia and the Habsburg monarchy since 1795. And the Polasks know it. That is why they are so scared now that Russia might take back its rightful territory.
Jim Yost: ‘Pollock jokes didn’t simply precipitate out of thin air for no reason.’
Of course not. Those jokes are made by the Polaks in their daily cogitations and other activities. They are their most valuable output. There was Copernicus too, I suppose, and Tchaikovsky …
Those Yanks are packing an awful lot of ‘timber’ !
I thought you had to be reasonably fit to be a soldier. ?
A re-design of the tunic might be in order, It’s not a good look.
I’ve seen it quoted that the average weight of the G.I. in WW-II was 140lbs !
Wow, how times change.
@ Low Blow You cannot speak of “honour” when speaking of the West and NATO.