High ranking official of the U.S. Air Force Deborah Lee James says the current situation with Russia “the biggest threat” on her mind, RT is reporting.
Russia "biggest threat," says U.S. Air Force official
High ranking official of the U.S. Air Force Deborah Lee James says the current situation with Russia “the biggest threat” on her mind, RT is reporting.
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The U.S. Air Force is now considering a plan to further increase the number of its rotational forces in Europe, the U.S. secretary of the Air Force told reporters at the Paris Airshow.
“That’s the beginning, there will be more. You’ll continue to see more and more rotational forces.The biggest threat on my mind is what’s happening with Russia and the activities of Russia. That’s a big part of why I’m here in Europe," James was quoted as saying by Reuters.
She also said that she "saw no reason” why the F-22 fighter jets could not be stationed in Europe, "but refused to elaborate," RT reported.
After France, the U.S. official will visit Britain, Italy, Cyprus, Poland and Germany, and "plans to urge all of them to boost military spending."
“We’ll be reassuring those allies we are standing shoulder to shoulder with them,” James said.
On Monday, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said they hoped that U.S. plans to deploy tanks and other heavy military equipment in NATO countries, on Russia's borders, will not come to pass, and that "reason will prevail."
However, the Russian Ministry of Defense at the same time promised "an adequate answer" should U.S. tanks appear in Eastern Europe, Russian news agencies reported.
If NATO couldn’t hurt Serbia
(Michael Thomas, 16 June 2015 14:43)
What a statement! I guess Serbia agreed to withdraw its forces and to surrender all of Kosovo to UN administration after 78 measely days simply because they were bored with the fighting???
You have proven your intelligence level by advising Serbia to print all the money they need and that would fix the economy. Maybe you should not venture into other arenas.
(Are you for real?, 19 June 2015 11:51)
"Serbia had old air defence systems but they were still good enough to shoot down countless NATO planes, including the famous invisible one. "
(Michael Thomas, 16 June 2015 14:43)
Countless? Maybe for people who have problems to count until two?
(Questioner, 16 June 2015 19:48)
Loved this response!!! Kind of like the fisherman that spent his whole life on the water fishing, then one day he bags a sizeable fish and automatically think he is the Fisher King.
I am surprised with the overwhelming skill of the Serb forces any bombs were actually dropped on Serbian territory, maybe they weren't maybe Serb personnel blew up all those sites so they could later cry the cry of victim.
(loved it, 19 June 2015 04:24)
The world is heating up over who gets to control Eurasia because that is what this is all about. Europe is being set up to erupt in flames once again. "F the EU", after all.
(Joe A, 17 June 2015 14:02)
It's amazing. Muslims saw off the heads of US citizens in their own workplaces and murder them on their own military bases. The Middle East is melting under resurgent Islam and the best our military can do is point to the Russians as our big threat.
(Paul, 16 June 2015 23:34)
Clearly the US is running scared of the South China Sea issue in focusing its spin masters on the hoax of Russian threat! They messed up the middle east so now their thoughts turn to messing up in eastern Europe. Imagine the disaster awaiting everyone in 2016/2017 should either Bush or Clinton be elected!
(Principa, 16 June 2015 21:17)
"Serbia had old air defence systems but they were still good enough to shoot down countless NATO planes, including the famous invisible one. "
(Michael Thomas, 16 June 2015 14:43)
Countless? Maybe for people who have problems to count until two?
(Questioner, 16 June 2015 19:48)
The eastern front run by Stalin was desperate for the U.S. to start action in Western Europe. The allies fought together to stop Hitler.
Unfortunately Easten Europe had to live under the Russian yoke until the end of the Cold War. Russia under Putin is a little bit miffed at that, but now has the dangerous but juvenile military expansionist attitude that is a substantial threat to peaceful order. Putin keeps saying he is not a threat - that is untrue, and he is now threatening nuclear expansion. It is the start of a Cold War.
PUTIN SHOULD MAKE IT ILLEGAL for Russian volunteers to fight in Ukraine.
(Bob, 16 June 2015 19:18)
“The USA saved Europe in WW1 and WW2 at the expense of the lives of many of its men.”
75% of the wounded and killed Wehrmacht has suffered on the Eastern Front. Same with 80% of their armaments. Americans helped us and we were brothers in arms but they were a minority shareholder in the two wars that you mentioned. It is true that they sold us (not granted!) 10% of the materials, arms and vehicles we had. As true as that they financed Hitler knowing that he will never return the money. As true as that in 1942 near Leningrad Russian and European soldiers ate the same American canned meat in their tranches. Also they conducted two parallel wars at the time. One was WW2 and the other was a colonial war of their own. Because Japan took no part in WW2 and their PM even spent a month in Moscow in 1942. So the combat losses of the USA were third big after the USSR and Yugoslavia. Then came Britain with 220 000 losses. Almost all other European states fought on the side of Adolf Aloisovic. At least 17 states had their national brigades, divisions and armies including France, Spain, Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, Croatia, Poland (500 000), Czechoslovakia (200 000), Romania (450 000), Italy (500 000), Hungary(370 000), Denmark ect. Bulgarians set the Germans free from Balkan problems. But the Brits and Serbs + the Greeks all the rest were enemies of ours. Yet they wrote good HOW I WON THE WAR STORIES.
(rote, 16 June 2015 16:27)
Bobby your delusions continue I see. The US didn't end WW2 the Red Army did. The Russians entered Berlin first my friend. They also sacrificed millions to achieve that victory. The US committed genocide at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Anybody can end a war like that. If the western press are running someone down you can guarantee that they are good guys. Three cheers for Putin !!
(No more please, 16 June 2015 16:26)
However, the Russian Ministry of Defense at the same time promised "an adequate answer" should U.S. tanks appear in Eastern Europe, Russian news agencies reported.
It's stupid from NATO to deploy tanks in eastern European countries. No wonder that Russia doesn't like that. Why doesn't the USA simply allow some 100s of their soldiers to spend their 'holidays' in the Baltic countries and Poland? And since they have to get there somehow, so why not traveling in tanks? I think Russia must have a broad understanding for that - because their own soldiers do the same in Ukraine.
(J.Oker, 16 June 2015 15:47)
Poor, little Serbia withstood all that NATO air-power could throw at it. NATO failed to destroy even a tiny part of the Yugoslav armed forces and were forced to bomb easy targets like bridges, schools and hospitals. Serbia had old air defence systems but they were still good enough to shoot down countless NATO planes, including the famous invisible one. If NATO couldn’t hurt Serbia what hope does it have of hurting Russia? Russia can destroy every NATO plane in the air and on the ground. What then would NATO do? The Americans have enough nuclear weapons to destroy large parts of Russia and Russia has the power to destroy America. If things continue as they are it may come to that. Interesting that the Western press are adequately covering up this threat to human existence.
(Michael Thomas, 16 June 2015 14:43)
The USA saved Europe in WW1 and WW2 at the expense of the lives of many of its men.
During the Cold War the USA stationed many troops and much equipment in Europe until the demise of the Russian controlled dictatorial 'communist' system.
It is reassuring to know that the USA will help to secure Europe against the latest threats from an emerging Russian dictator who has secured power for himself essentially for life.
I don't think the opinions of a few marginalised and embittered nationalists as already posted on this page are correct or of any significance when it comes to the US and European decision making in response to Russian expansionism.
(Bob, 16 June 2015 12:44)
The US and NATO are the biggest threat to this world and constantly encroaching on others borders and sovereignty. The beast needs to be stopped.
(Zoran, 16 June 2015 12:25)
Yea, just like in 1999 when USA proclaimed to the whole world that Christian Eastern Orthodox Serbia was a great national security threat to the USA and also that Serbia was a security treat to the whole world by destabilizing world order. The Final Solution, Demonization, Isolation and then Extermination! So USA continues with it's friends Hitler and the Roman Catholic Empire to dish out bull crap to the world! The USA wants to start a war with Russia? In the USA just look how African American people are being treated for centuries now! African American people in the USA first brought over centuries ago by the English and German settlers for slavery, abuse, murder and torture! So the USA wants to please Hitler and Tony Blair today by starting a war with Christian Eastern Orthodox Russia? What about the ongoing war inside the USA, you know what I mean, the endless war against the African American people? The USA most divided in it's short history of existense, African American people mis treated and being murdered on a daily basis! So USA wants to kill Christian Eastern Orthodox Slavs in Europe? Real smart, the USA exported all manufacturing jobs and now what is left to do with the large population of idle and poor USA citizens, ship them on off to Europe so that they can die for Hitler and Tony Blair! Real nice USA, real smart, just what Satan wants! I am sure Russia is so worried and scared of the USA, the Russians are probably peeing in their pants from laughing so hard!
(Dragoljub Djurkovic, 16 June 2015 12:21)
Typical yank bravado using smaller weaker countries to try intimidate Russia. America is dog turds. They waged an illegal war in Serbia to help dirty albanians steal land but are to scared to face off with Russia on their own.
(john, 16 June 2015 11:50)
The US stands shoulder to shoulder....3000 miles away. It's nice to see that the US is willing to use foreign armes to fight it's dirty war's.
(So sad, too bad, 16 June 2015 11:14)
The US and NATO are the biggest threat to this world and constantly encroaching on others borders and sovereignty. The beast needs to be stopped.
(Zoran, 16 June 2015 12:25)
Typical yank bravado using smaller weaker countries to try intimidate Russia. America is dog turds. They waged an illegal war in Serbia to help dirty albanians steal land but are to scared to face off with Russia on their own.
(john, 16 June 2015 11:50)
The US stands shoulder to shoulder....3000 miles away. It's nice to see that the US is willing to use foreign armes to fight it's dirty war's.
(So sad, too bad, 16 June 2015 11:14)
Poor, little Serbia withstood all that NATO air-power could throw at it. NATO failed to destroy even a tiny part of the Yugoslav armed forces and were forced to bomb easy targets like bridges, schools and hospitals. Serbia had old air defence systems but they were still good enough to shoot down countless NATO planes, including the famous invisible one. If NATO couldn’t hurt Serbia what hope does it have of hurting Russia? Russia can destroy every NATO plane in the air and on the ground. What then would NATO do? The Americans have enough nuclear weapons to destroy large parts of Russia and Russia has the power to destroy America. If things continue as they are it may come to that. Interesting that the Western press are adequately covering up this threat to human existence.
(Michael Thomas, 16 June 2015 14:43)
Bobby your delusions continue I see. The US didn't end WW2 the Red Army did. The Russians entered Berlin first my friend. They also sacrificed millions to achieve that victory. The US committed genocide at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Anybody can end a war like that. If the western press are running someone down you can guarantee that they are good guys. Three cheers for Putin !!
(No more please, 16 June 2015 16:26)
“The USA saved Europe in WW1 and WW2 at the expense of the lives of many of its men.”
75% of the wounded and killed Wehrmacht has suffered on the Eastern Front. Same with 80% of their armaments. Americans helped us and we were brothers in arms but they were a minority shareholder in the two wars that you mentioned. It is true that they sold us (not granted!) 10% of the materials, arms and vehicles we had. As true as that they financed Hitler knowing that he will never return the money. As true as that in 1942 near Leningrad Russian and European soldiers ate the same American canned meat in their tranches. Also they conducted two parallel wars at the time. One was WW2 and the other was a colonial war of their own. Because Japan took no part in WW2 and their PM even spent a month in Moscow in 1942. So the combat losses of the USA were third big after the USSR and Yugoslavia. Then came Britain with 220 000 losses. Almost all other European states fought on the side of Adolf Aloisovic. At least 17 states had their national brigades, divisions and armies including France, Spain, Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, Croatia, Poland (500 000), Czechoslovakia (200 000), Romania (450 000), Italy (500 000), Hungary(370 000), Denmark ect. Bulgarians set the Germans free from Balkan problems. But the Brits and Serbs + the Greeks all the rest were enemies of ours. Yet they wrote good HOW I WON THE WAR STORIES.
(rote, 16 June 2015 16:27)
Yea, just like in 1999 when USA proclaimed to the whole world that Christian Eastern Orthodox Serbia was a great national security threat to the USA and also that Serbia was a security treat to the whole world by destabilizing world order. The Final Solution, Demonization, Isolation and then Extermination! So USA continues with it's friends Hitler and the Roman Catholic Empire to dish out bull crap to the world! The USA wants to start a war with Russia? In the USA just look how African American people are being treated for centuries now! African American people in the USA first brought over centuries ago by the English and German settlers for slavery, abuse, murder and torture! So the USA wants to please Hitler and Tony Blair today by starting a war with Christian Eastern Orthodox Russia? What about the ongoing war inside the USA, you know what I mean, the endless war against the African American people? The USA most divided in it's short history of existense, African American people mis treated and being murdered on a daily basis! So USA wants to kill Christian Eastern Orthodox Slavs in Europe? Real smart, the USA exported all manufacturing jobs and now what is left to do with the large population of idle and poor USA citizens, ship them on off to Europe so that they can die for Hitler and Tony Blair! Real nice USA, real smart, just what Satan wants! I am sure Russia is so worried and scared of the USA, the Russians are probably peeing in their pants from laughing so hard!
(Dragoljub Djurkovic, 16 June 2015 12:21)
It's amazing. Muslims saw off the heads of US citizens in their own workplaces and murder them on their own military bases. The Middle East is melting under resurgent Islam and the best our military can do is point to the Russians as our big threat.
(Paul, 16 June 2015 23:34)
"Serbia had old air defence systems but they were still good enough to shoot down countless NATO planes, including the famous invisible one. "
(Michael Thomas, 16 June 2015 14:43)
Countless? Maybe for people who have problems to count until two?
(Questioner, 16 June 2015 19:48)
Clearly the US is running scared of the South China Sea issue in focusing its spin masters on the hoax of Russian threat! They messed up the middle east so now their thoughts turn to messing up in eastern Europe. Imagine the disaster awaiting everyone in 2016/2017 should either Bush or Clinton be elected!
(Principa, 16 June 2015 21:17)
However, the Russian Ministry of Defense at the same time promised "an adequate answer" should U.S. tanks appear in Eastern Europe, Russian news agencies reported.
It's stupid from NATO to deploy tanks in eastern European countries. No wonder that Russia doesn't like that. Why doesn't the USA simply allow some 100s of their soldiers to spend their 'holidays' in the Baltic countries and Poland? And since they have to get there somehow, so why not traveling in tanks? I think Russia must have a broad understanding for that - because their own soldiers do the same in Ukraine.
(J.Oker, 16 June 2015 15:47)
The USA saved Europe in WW1 and WW2 at the expense of the lives of many of its men.
During the Cold War the USA stationed many troops and much equipment in Europe until the demise of the Russian controlled dictatorial 'communist' system.
It is reassuring to know that the USA will help to secure Europe against the latest threats from an emerging Russian dictator who has secured power for himself essentially for life.
I don't think the opinions of a few marginalised and embittered nationalists as already posted on this page are correct or of any significance when it comes to the US and European decision making in response to Russian expansionism.
(Bob, 16 June 2015 12:44)
The world is heating up over who gets to control Eurasia because that is what this is all about. Europe is being set up to erupt in flames once again. "F the EU", after all.
(Joe A, 17 June 2015 14:02)
The eastern front run by Stalin was desperate for the U.S. to start action in Western Europe. The allies fought together to stop Hitler.
Unfortunately Easten Europe had to live under the Russian yoke until the end of the Cold War. Russia under Putin is a little bit miffed at that, but now has the dangerous but juvenile military expansionist attitude that is a substantial threat to peaceful order. Putin keeps saying he is not a threat - that is untrue, and he is now threatening nuclear expansion. It is the start of a Cold War.
PUTIN SHOULD MAKE IT ILLEGAL for Russian volunteers to fight in Ukraine.
(Bob, 16 June 2015 19:18)
"Serbia had old air defence systems but they were still good enough to shoot down countless NATO planes, including the famous invisible one. "
(Michael Thomas, 16 June 2015 14:43)
Countless? Maybe for people who have problems to count until two?
(Questioner, 16 June 2015 19:48)
Loved this response!!! Kind of like the fisherman that spent his whole life on the water fishing, then one day he bags a sizeable fish and automatically think he is the Fisher King.
I am surprised with the overwhelming skill of the Serb forces any bombs were actually dropped on Serbian territory, maybe they weren't maybe Serb personnel blew up all those sites so they could later cry the cry of victim.
(loved it, 19 June 2015 04:24)
If NATO couldn’t hurt Serbia
(Michael Thomas, 16 June 2015 14:43)
What a statement! I guess Serbia agreed to withdraw its forces and to surrender all of Kosovo to UN administration after 78 measely days simply because they were bored with the fighting???
You have proven your intelligence level by advising Serbia to print all the money they need and that would fix the economy. Maybe you should not venture into other arenas.
(Are you for real?, 19 June 2015 11:51)
The USA saved Europe in WW1 and WW2 at the expense of the lives of many of its men.
During the Cold War the USA stationed many troops and much equipment in Europe until the demise of the Russian controlled dictatorial 'communist' system.
It is reassuring to know that the USA will help to secure Europe against the latest threats from an emerging Russian dictator who has secured power for himself essentially for life.
I don't think the opinions of a few marginalised and embittered nationalists as already posted on this page are correct or of any significance when it comes to the US and European decision making in response to Russian expansionism.
(Bob, 16 June 2015 12:44)
“The USA saved Europe in WW1 and WW2 at the expense of the lives of many of its men.”
75% of the wounded and killed Wehrmacht has suffered on the Eastern Front. Same with 80% of their armaments. Americans helped us and we were brothers in arms but they were a minority shareholder in the two wars that you mentioned. It is true that they sold us (not granted!) 10% of the materials, arms and vehicles we had. As true as that they financed Hitler knowing that he will never return the money. As true as that in 1942 near Leningrad Russian and European soldiers ate the same American canned meat in their tranches. Also they conducted two parallel wars at the time. One was WW2 and the other was a colonial war of their own. Because Japan took no part in WW2 and their PM even spent a month in Moscow in 1942. So the combat losses of the USA were third big after the USSR and Yugoslavia. Then came Britain with 220 000 losses. Almost all other European states fought on the side of Adolf Aloisovic. At least 17 states had their national brigades, divisions and armies including France, Spain, Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, Croatia, Poland (500 000), Czechoslovakia (200 000), Romania (450 000), Italy (500 000), Hungary(370 000), Denmark ect. Bulgarians set the Germans free from Balkan problems. But the Brits and Serbs + the Greeks all the rest were enemies of ours. Yet they wrote good HOW I WON THE WAR STORIES.
(rote, 16 June 2015 16:27)
Yea, just like in 1999 when USA proclaimed to the whole world that Christian Eastern Orthodox Serbia was a great national security threat to the USA and also that Serbia was a security treat to the whole world by destabilizing world order. The Final Solution, Demonization, Isolation and then Extermination! So USA continues with it's friends Hitler and the Roman Catholic Empire to dish out bull crap to the world! The USA wants to start a war with Russia? In the USA just look how African American people are being treated for centuries now! African American people in the USA first brought over centuries ago by the English and German settlers for slavery, abuse, murder and torture! So the USA wants to please Hitler and Tony Blair today by starting a war with Christian Eastern Orthodox Russia? What about the ongoing war inside the USA, you know what I mean, the endless war against the African American people? The USA most divided in it's short history of existense, African American people mis treated and being murdered on a daily basis! So USA wants to kill Christian Eastern Orthodox Slavs in Europe? Real smart, the USA exported all manufacturing jobs and now what is left to do with the large population of idle and poor USA citizens, ship them on off to Europe so that they can die for Hitler and Tony Blair! Real nice USA, real smart, just what Satan wants! I am sure Russia is so worried and scared of the USA, the Russians are probably peeing in their pants from laughing so hard!
(Dragoljub Djurkovic, 16 June 2015 12:21)
Poor, little Serbia withstood all that NATO air-power could throw at it. NATO failed to destroy even a tiny part of the Yugoslav armed forces and were forced to bomb easy targets like bridges, schools and hospitals. Serbia had old air defence systems but they were still good enough to shoot down countless NATO planes, including the famous invisible one. If NATO couldn’t hurt Serbia what hope does it have of hurting Russia? Russia can destroy every NATO plane in the air and on the ground. What then would NATO do? The Americans have enough nuclear weapons to destroy large parts of Russia and Russia has the power to destroy America. If things continue as they are it may come to that. Interesting that the Western press are adequately covering up this threat to human existence.
(Michael Thomas, 16 June 2015 14:43)
Typical yank bravado using smaller weaker countries to try intimidate Russia. America is dog turds. They waged an illegal war in Serbia to help dirty albanians steal land but are to scared to face off with Russia on their own.
(john, 16 June 2015 11:50)
However, the Russian Ministry of Defense at the same time promised "an adequate answer" should U.S. tanks appear in Eastern Europe, Russian news agencies reported.
It's stupid from NATO to deploy tanks in eastern European countries. No wonder that Russia doesn't like that. Why doesn't the USA simply allow some 100s of their soldiers to spend their 'holidays' in the Baltic countries and Poland? And since they have to get there somehow, so why not traveling in tanks? I think Russia must have a broad understanding for that - because their own soldiers do the same in Ukraine.
(J.Oker, 16 June 2015 15:47)
Bobby your delusions continue I see. The US didn't end WW2 the Red Army did. The Russians entered Berlin first my friend. They also sacrificed millions to achieve that victory. The US committed genocide at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Anybody can end a war like that. If the western press are running someone down you can guarantee that they are good guys. Three cheers for Putin !!
(No more please, 16 June 2015 16:26)
The eastern front run by Stalin was desperate for the U.S. to start action in Western Europe. The allies fought together to stop Hitler.
Unfortunately Easten Europe had to live under the Russian yoke until the end of the Cold War. Russia under Putin is a little bit miffed at that, but now has the dangerous but juvenile military expansionist attitude that is a substantial threat to peaceful order. Putin keeps saying he is not a threat - that is untrue, and he is now threatening nuclear expansion. It is the start of a Cold War.
PUTIN SHOULD MAKE IT ILLEGAL for Russian volunteers to fight in Ukraine.
(Bob, 16 June 2015 19:18)
The US and NATO are the biggest threat to this world and constantly encroaching on others borders and sovereignty. The beast needs to be stopped.
(Zoran, 16 June 2015 12:25)
The US stands shoulder to shoulder....3000 miles away. It's nice to see that the US is willing to use foreign armes to fight it's dirty war's.
(So sad, too bad, 16 June 2015 11:14)
"Serbia had old air defence systems but they were still good enough to shoot down countless NATO planes, including the famous invisible one. "
(Michael Thomas, 16 June 2015 14:43)
Countless? Maybe for people who have problems to count until two?
(Questioner, 16 June 2015 19:48)
It's amazing. Muslims saw off the heads of US citizens in their own workplaces and murder them on their own military bases. The Middle East is melting under resurgent Islam and the best our military can do is point to the Russians as our big threat.
(Paul, 16 June 2015 23:34)
Clearly the US is running scared of the South China Sea issue in focusing its spin masters on the hoax of Russian threat! They messed up the middle east so now their thoughts turn to messing up in eastern Europe. Imagine the disaster awaiting everyone in 2016/2017 should either Bush or Clinton be elected!
(Principa, 16 June 2015 21:17)
The world is heating up over who gets to control Eurasia because that is what this is all about. Europe is being set up to erupt in flames once again. "F the EU", after all.
(Joe A, 17 June 2015 14:02)
If NATO couldn’t hurt Serbia
(Michael Thomas, 16 June 2015 14:43)
What a statement! I guess Serbia agreed to withdraw its forces and to surrender all of Kosovo to UN administration after 78 measely days simply because they were bored with the fighting???
You have proven your intelligence level by advising Serbia to print all the money they need and that would fix the economy. Maybe you should not venture into other arenas.
(Are you for real?, 19 June 2015 11:51)
"Serbia had old air defence systems but they were still good enough to shoot down countless NATO planes, including the famous invisible one. "
(Michael Thomas, 16 June 2015 14:43)
Countless? Maybe for people who have problems to count until two?
(Questioner, 16 June 2015 19:48)
Loved this response!!! Kind of like the fisherman that spent his whole life on the water fishing, then one day he bags a sizeable fish and automatically think he is the Fisher King.
I am surprised with the overwhelming skill of the Serb forces any bombs were actually dropped on Serbian territory, maybe they weren't maybe Serb personnel blew up all those sites so they could later cry the cry of victim.
(loved it, 19 June 2015 04:24)