Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby on Monday said 8,500 US troops are on “heightened alert” for possible deployment in case NATO activates its rapid-response force over Russia-Ukraine tensions.
No US troops have actually been deployed…yet.
“This is really about reassuring the eastern flank of NATO, and it’s also about…proving how seriously the United States takes our commitment to NATO and to the Article Five commitment inside NATO,” John Kirby said Monday.
He continued, “Secretary Austin has placed a range of units in the United States on a heightened preparedness to deploy, which increases our readiness to provide forces – if NATO should activate the NRF, or if other situations develop.”
Secretary Kirby confirmed the total number of US troops ready to deploy comes to about 8,500 personnel.
WATCH:
.@PentagonPresSec: @SecDef has placed a range of units in the United States on heightened preparedness to deploy, which increases our readiness to provide forces if @NATO should activate the NATO Response Force. #WeAreNATO pic.twitter.com/DxCpFo2vqg
— Department of Defense 🇺🇸 (@DeptofDefense) January 24, 2022
Jen Psaki Can’t Answer Why Americans Should Spill Their Blood in Ukraine if Europeans Aren’t Willing to Spill Blood and Treasure in Ukraine
Jen Psaki got a real question today from the embarrassing lapdogs who gather in the White House press room each week and pretend that they are reporters.
Psaki was asked today, “If Europeans aren’t willing to expend blood and treasure on their self defense, why should Americans be expected to do so?”
Her answer was a garbled mess of lies the best lie being that Joe Biden pushed NATO members to reach their 2% funding pledge. Of course, THAT never happened.
Jen then said we needed to defend our NATO “eastern flank” in Europe. But Ukraine is not a NATO member.
They have no idea what they are talking about.
REPORTER: "If Europeans aren't willing to expend blood and treasure on their self defense, why should Americans be expected to do so?" pic.twitter.com/PzExlD1hxu
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 24, 2022