Someone in the Trump administration suddenly remembered that they were going to use Poland to sow division within the EU.
WhisperingHammer on
Nore russian friendly troops in poland? Is that really a good idea?
LaunchTransient on
Has someone informed the Pentagon that the Hokey Pokey is not considered a valid diplomatic or military stratagem? First they yank 5000 troops from Germany, now they’re putting 5000 troops next door in Poland?
Is this “concepts of a plan”?
Harvsnova3 on
Flip follows flop follows flip follows flop. Tomorrow it’ll be US cancels plan for 5000 troops in Poland.
Manustuprare on
Cancelling the deployment of 4000 troops that already had their equipment underway to Poland to then deploy 5000 new troops. The strategic vision is impeccable.
Beginning_Emu_6507 on
This is a serious ally conducting a serious foreign policy
De_Snoekbaars on
He said it was for the election of Nawrocki. Lol they’ll spin any fixing of random mistakes like that.
Commercial-Lecture98 on
Yes, orange man bad. But US troops in Poland are still a big tripwire for Russians if they would like to invade the rest of Europe. Not because of the fighting power of 5k soldiers, but because 5k dead US-soldiers mean that more will come to retaliate.
Fishy_____Business on
Thought Donald wanted to take them out
Ok_Photo_865 on
Why ?
Kleptowizard on
On which side ?
Brilliant_Version344 on
Good news for Poland but will those troops in Germany that he’s withdrawing have to go on a road trip across the border to Poland ?
TheRealMylo on
They’re not far away… they will just transfer the guys from Germany to Poland…
GarrethRoxy on
We need to cut ties with us asap
Low_Technician7346 on
imagine Trump seizing Poland with Russia
TheDungen on
I’m seriously getting whiplash from how quickly they change their mind.
BkkGrl on
/u/kallisto19988 please use full title next time
waytoosecret on
Tbh they shouldn’t send anyone at all, stay home.
Timely-Ad-1473 on
Just return the shipment Poland. You get a refund if it’s within 30 days.
Allu71 on
Why would Germany care whether the troops are in Germany or Poland?
Uomosabbia on
For holidays?
WolfetoneRebel on
Get them out of Europe.
WorldTraveler_1 on
The only real difference is whether the bars in Powditz or in Graf make record profits. They’re all rotational forces getting shuffled around.
No significant strategic difference in my opinion.
Ben_C17 on
The comments are focusing on the whiplash, but nobody’s asking the operational question: are these 5,000 the same units that were part of the canceled 4,000, or entirely different deployments with different timelines? If the original 4,000 had equipment already moving and were scheduled to arrive in weeks, canceling them to announce 5,000 with no clear deployment date creates a readiness gap Poland didn’t have before.
Poland’s been lobbying for permanent US basing since 2018, offering to cover costs. What they keep getting instead are rotational deployments that get announced, reshuffled, and re-announced. The tripwire logic works if the troops are actually there. If this turns into another six-month planning cycle while the previous deployment is scrapped, the gap itself becomes the signal and not the one you want to send while Ukraine negotiations are active.
We’ve been tracking these deployment announcements on panopsik.com. The pattern is less about troop numbers and more about whether anything physically moves.
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Someone in the Trump administration suddenly remembered that they were going to use Poland to sow division within the EU.
Nore russian friendly troops in poland? Is that really a good idea?
Has someone informed the Pentagon that the Hokey Pokey is not considered a valid diplomatic or military stratagem? First they yank 5000 troops from Germany, now they’re putting 5000 troops next door in Poland?
Is this “concepts of a plan”?
Flip follows flop follows flip follows flop. Tomorrow it’ll be US cancels plan for 5000 troops in Poland.
Cancelling the deployment of 4000 troops that already had their equipment underway to Poland to then deploy 5000 new troops. The strategic vision is impeccable.
This is a serious ally conducting a serious foreign policy
He said it was for the election of Nawrocki. Lol they’ll spin any fixing of random mistakes like that.
Yes, orange man bad. But US troops in Poland are still a big tripwire for Russians if they would like to invade the rest of Europe. Not because of the fighting power of 5k soldiers, but because 5k dead US-soldiers mean that more will come to retaliate.
Thought Donald wanted to take them out
Why ?
On which side ?
Good news for Poland but will those troops in Germany that he’s withdrawing have to go on a road trip across the border to Poland ?
They’re not far away… they will just transfer the guys from Germany to Poland…
We need to cut ties with us asap
imagine Trump seizing Poland with Russia
I’m seriously getting whiplash from how quickly they change their mind.
/u/kallisto19988 please use full title next time
Tbh they shouldn’t send anyone at all, stay home.
Just return the shipment Poland. You get a refund if it’s within 30 days.
Why would Germany care whether the troops are in Germany or Poland?
For holidays?
Get them out of Europe.
The only real difference is whether the bars in Powditz or in Graf make record profits. They’re all rotational forces getting shuffled around.
No significant strategic difference in my opinion.
The comments are focusing on the whiplash, but nobody’s asking the operational question: are these 5,000 the same units that were part of the canceled 4,000, or entirely different deployments with different timelines? If the original 4,000 had equipment already moving and were scheduled to arrive in weeks, canceling them to announce 5,000 with no clear deployment date creates a readiness gap Poland didn’t have before.
Poland’s been lobbying for permanent US basing since 2018, offering to cover costs. What they keep getting instead are rotational deployments that get announced, reshuffled, and re-announced. The tripwire logic works if the troops are actually there. If this turns into another six-month planning cycle while the previous deployment is scrapped, the gap itself becomes the signal and not the one you want to send while Ukraine negotiations are active.
We’ve been tracking these deployment announcements on panopsik.com. The pattern is less about troop numbers and more about whether anything physically moves.
Send them backkk
Orange man’s whims