Posted on Feb 2, 2016
Carter to Boost Pentagon Funding on Aid, Equipment to Europe
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RP Members this sound like "Cold War" tactics! Do you agree or disagree?
Senior defense officials say the Pentagon will seek to quadruple the amount it is spending on military aid to Europe, amid expanding threats from Islamic State militants and an increasingly aggressive Russia.
Officials say the proposed budget initiative would total about $3.4 billion to increase troop rotations and military exercises, and position military equipment around Europe. The plan is mainly aimed at reassuring allies who are alarmed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine's Crimea region and its efforts to support separatists along the eastern border.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter is expected to announce the funding plan Tuesday morning during a speech at the Economic Club of Washington. He also is expected to discuss proposals to boost spending on cutting-edge technologies and efforts to modernize the force to deal with longer-term threats.
The Pentagon's proposed 2017 spending plan will be unveiled next week as part of the federal budget proposal. The officials were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity.
Senior defense officials say the Pentagon will seek to quadruple the amount it is spending on military aid to Europe, amid expanding threats from Islamic State militants and an increasingly aggressive Russia.
Officials say the proposed budget initiative would total about $3.4 billion to increase troop rotations and military exercises, and position military equipment around Europe. The plan is mainly aimed at reassuring allies who are alarmed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine's Crimea region and its efforts to support separatists along the eastern border.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter is expected to announce the funding plan Tuesday morning during a speech at the Economic Club of Washington. He also is expected to discuss proposals to boost spending on cutting-edge technologies and efforts to modernize the force to deal with longer-term threats.
The Pentagon's proposed 2017 spending plan will be unveiled next week as part of the federal budget proposal. The officials were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity.
Carter to Boost Pentagon Funding on Aid, Equipment to Europe
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An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. Hopefully this will Solidify our NATO obligations and prevent future Russian aggression towards NATO. Sadly I think this means goodbye to Ukraine.
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It does sound like Cold War tactics. Especially those of President Reagan. During his tenure, we spent more on the military than our main rival, the USSR, could afford. Some credit this military build-up as a contributing factor to the fall of the Soviet Union. Whether the United States as it is today can maintain the proposed spending increase long enough to have the same effect remains to be seen.
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