Biden Deploys 3,000 Troops To NATO “Eastern Flank” Countries

[F2d5thCav]

To break down the number 3,000.

1,000 are already in Europe.  They are deploying to Romania (a NATO country).

300 are coming from the USA to Germany (a NATO country).

1,700 are coming from the USA to Poland (a NATO country).

The OP's quote of "70,000" is not a reflection of combat troops.  The combat slice of that is probably around 10K or so.

The 3,000 moved to the eastern-tier NATO countries are a tripwire.

In any case, counting troops in today's military environment isn't much of a comparison.  Sadaam had all kinds of troops but couldn't use them because of factors that had nothing to do with quantity of soldiers.

As far as "not our problem".  That doesn't work anymore.  The "problem" can be confronted in Europe, or, later, in the USA itself.  Not the 20th century anymore, folks.  Technology will not allow us to sit this one out.  The ones we could have sat out (like the useless war in Iraq) ... well, the monied interests got us involved anyway.

There will be a war.  Best case is that it stays contained between Ukraine and Russia.  We shall see.

Cheers