First troops land in Poland as US beefs up Baltic presence
 

SWIDWIN (Poland) (AFP) - The first American troops arrived in Poland on Wednesday, after Washington said it was sending a force of 600 there and to the Baltic states amid rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine.

Some 130 soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade -- nicknamed "Sky Soldiers" -- touched down early afternoon in Swidwin, in the northwest of the country, and were welcomed by Poland's defence minister.

"Every day we work on the defence of our country but in a world that is changing, and that is full of threats, we need strong and steadfast allies such as the United States and NATO," Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said under a cloudy sky.

The troops, who are usually based in Vicenza, Italy, arrived at the base on two Hercules transport planes.

A further 450 US troops will be deployed in the next few days in the ex-Soviet Baltic states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, following Washington's announcement Tuesday that it would increase its presence in the region to reassure its NATO "allies and partners".

"Poland has been there for the United States," US ambassador to Poland Stephen Mull said at the ceremony in accented Polish.

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Wow, 130 soldiers... Putin must have crapped in his pants.

There is a simple solution to this - send in ten thousand US Marines and park them in Ukraine for the next two years. I'm not saying Putin would be afraid of US Marines or even US forces, but Putin would never send in Russian forces when US / NATO forces are there.

130 U.S. soldiers = 1,000 Russian soldiers :pimp

Poland should just invade itself.

better start stocking up on survival shit :2 cents::2 cents:

You are safe in Oprah's Vagina - 1000's of miles away from this shit - Europe is going to get the flack as usual...

I have my New Zealand passport in a safe place just in case.....

Al Qaeda has to be thinking about some shit they can try while we're all flustered with the Russia thing.

"Friends of Ukraine" need send money for Ukrainian bills.

im Ukrainian :helpme i need $5,000

Usama Bin Laden was a "anti russian" rebel and US send money and Stingers to him.
Shit is totally on US side.

:)

99% of the people here do not have a clue what you are posting - At least try to tell us what we are meant to be learning from these videos - Or are you just a troll posting random shit?..

you need my info? wire? :helpme hurry!

... soon to start the building of a base ... for US troops to stay ....

We have 130 troops in Poland. Russia one million in uniform and another two million in reserves. Guess who wins?

you know they wont shoot. both sides have nukes.

Learn Russian.

No......

There are 9 million in NATO :Graucho

What do you expect from idiot Polaks? Such a retarded nation.

meanwhile in Philippines

http://i.imgur.com/EQDxsUIl.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-r...st-300x234.jpg

http://rt.com/files/galleryitem/6f/7...0/rtr3ma78.jpg

http://img.naij.com/n/05/5/5399464-3x2-700x467_0.jpg

http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/E6...36fe371965.jpg

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bjpag1kCQAAGhQW.jpg

https://s3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/c...HILIPPINES.JPG

https://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/s...4JDfjA1NM8.jpg

http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1c...6293436_12.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bl6ocIBCQAAwBZc.jpg

http://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscm...ux-520-360.jpg

http://sharing.abc15.com/sharewrtv/p....0_640_480.jpg

http://previous.presstv.ir/photo/201...i-US-rally.jpg

Ouch!!
How dare they disrespect such a great WORLD LEADER!

they just don't like the war criminals and terrorists.

HAHA Bush the WARMONGER!!

Oh wait...

attention whores for sure

Quite ironic. Everyone hated President Bush yet he was the one man who could make Putin shit his pants.

When he sees Obama he must laugh.

None of this would be happening if GWB was in charge.

lol peasant slovak gypsy has spoken

Re: Philippines, yes, we should pull our bases and the money they bring out. We should also stop aiding a nation that doesn't want us.

Don't know, but one is for sure, Polaks rented their sovreignity, again.

So true .... Putin would of never invaded Georgia under Bush watch .... :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

It's officially begun. All over U.S. news has been the South Korean fairy accident, before that the missing jetliner off the coast of Australia, all while the gears of war slowly starting cranking behind the scenes, again. ugh

This is not to offer assurances of protection to Ukraine more than it is to reassure a NATO ally, Poland. Russia will not attack a member of NATO. They're more focused on fighting a conflict against Ukraine which is not a NATO ally and not a recipient of lethal aid from the U.S. If it isn't apparent that we don't care about Ukraine, I don't know what to tell you.

The only way the U.S. fights a war in all this is if a NATO country gets attacked.Most likely not happening.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

What he said.

+1 thank you
however few cretins will manufacture their own theories here, regardless what you said ;)

Not correct. One American solider is equal to a billion of Russians. Because when Russian army will see this:

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/...nefits-008.jpg

it will run away immediately.

Awesome. I am going to Poland in about a weeks time, I'll cheer for the US troops if I see them.

hahaha I was just waiting for the retard squad to turn up.

DING DING DING

The squad is on the picture. Go and cheer for it :winkwink: