U.S. Military Chief Compares Putin’s Ukraine Move to Stalin’s Invasion of Poland -- Josh Rogin, Daily Beast
Today the U.S. government claimed the Russian military is firing artillery into Ukraine and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs said it reminds him of Russia’s invasion of Poland in 1939.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s new use of Russian military force inside Ukraine harkens back to 1939 when Joseph Stalin led a Russian invasion of Poland, and Dempsey predicted Putin was far from finished.
Dempsey was speaking to the Aspen Security Forum and responding to the news that the U.S. government is accusing the Russian military of firing artillery from Russian territory into eastern Ukraine in support of separatists there. The latest development represents a dangerous escalation of the crisis on the part of Putin and the Russia-Ukraine crisis is now a global problem, he said.
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Update: Dempsey: Russian Attacks Change Europe’s Security Landscape -- US Department of Defense
My Comment: More signs that tensions are raising.
2 comments:
Dempsey works for a weak man. What did he expect?
Or maybe a sign that they are falling? He didn't compare it to Hitler's invasion of Poland, after all. Though that makes me wonder who the Hitler in this scenario is...
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