The Admiral expressed the belief that the withdrawal of American troops from Eastern Europe will follow the US withdrawal from NATO.
NATO should send more troops to the border with Russia, said on FoxNews former commander of NATO in Europe, Admiral James Stavridis.
According to him, Moscow hopes that the strengthening of Russian troops on the Western borders will force NATO to retreat. But for the Alliance it’s the worst option, said Stavridis.
“We must show Russia that will not allow her to decide to be or no us troops in countries such as Poland, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania”, — he said.
Stavridis expressed his conviction that the withdrawal of American troops from Eastern Europe will follow the US withdrawal from NATO.
“Therefore, we should place our troops there. For Russia, the deployment of additional forces unprofitable in the long term, since its economy is not too strong. This is the same strategy that led to the fall of the Berlin wall,” said the Admiral.
According to the remark of the journalist FoxNews, this strategy was used by U.S. President Ronald Reagan. His policy of “peace through strengthening” was accompanied by an increase of 40% allocation for defence from 1981 to 1985.
