Russian Forces to Provide “Security” At US Events

[71buickfreak]

Exchange of experience does mean people. However, it does not necessarily mean - as you seem to assume it does - whole units or large numbers of personnel. As a former military liaison team member I penned many agreements with other nations' military to "exchange information" (or experience) by having them send observers, which I think is far more likely than what the OP seems to fear, to take part in or just watch US exercises and operations.

The alternative, i.e. Russia sending whole military or police units to run security in any significant numbers is both impractical (language barriers, unfamiliarity with U.S. law, public displeasure), very costly and frankly makes no sense.

In the case of the Poles, I not only think it is a good idea that we train together but an essential thing since we have been fighting side-by-side as part of the Afghanistan military coalition the US put together. Much of that fighting was in cities and against drug lords and their operations. The Polish training (and probably lots of other partners' training) has and should be going on.

I am not saying don't pay attention or don't write to DoD or your Congressman asking for good oversight and clear explanations of purpose, cost, etc. But please don't jump to conclusions not supported by or even completely contrdicted by evidence.

I think this administration has made it very clear that the words on the paper are only there as a justification for what they are thinking. Meaning they can twist it to justify whatever they want to do.

 

[ronny]

Good point. And people used to say American soldiers would never turn there guns on its citizenry. Well I bet Russians soldiers would not hesitate to do so.

And, of course, the opposite would be true, as well. The citizenry would not hesitate to turn their guns on Russian soldiers.

 

[DFarcher]

You all are special!

 

[Gideon]

I for one welcome our new Russian overlords.

Seriously though, Russia is a country we need to be courting for future cooperation, they'll need us when the Chinese decide they want Siberia. They have raw materials, we have production capabilities, it's a match made in heaven.

 

[AKguy1985]

Hmmmmm not sure if serious.

 

[rhodesbe]

I for one welcome our new Russian overlords.

Seriously though, Russia is a country we need to be courting for future cooperation, they'll need us when the Chinese decide they want Siberia. They have raw materials, we have production capabilities, it's a match made in heaven.

I'm sure this is plausible, but fighting over Siberia strikes me as fighting over a portapotty at the State Fair.

(Decades worth of crude comes from better/more productive/less desolate locales than Siberia.)

 

[reddog1]

It can never happen here.

 

[cjjtulsa]

I for one welcome our new Russian overlords.

Seriously though, Russia is a country we need to be courting for future cooperation, they'll need us when the Chinese decide they want Siberia. They have raw materials, we have production capabilities, it's a match made in heaven.

Not anymore. We exported those jobs in favor of a service economy, and our service in this country is piss-poor at best. The "match made in heaven" would only apply if the Russian miner or oil field worker indicated to us that he wanted his Whopper without pickles. And he'd likely still get it wrong.

 

[SoonerDVM]

http://snopes.com/politics/conspiracy/russiansecurity.asp

 

[ripnbst]

This seems like planning for a way for big gov to weasel their way out of accountability. "We would never do that to our own people..." We've heard that before from senior leadership and the boots on the ground themselves. However someone else (Russians) would probably do it to our people, why not? We aren't their neighbors, brothers, sisters, cousins, highschool sweethearts, etc.