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ColonelTowner-Watkins @ColonelTowner - You are watching a master exposing the deep state actors. Pay attention.
Congress has ZERO ability to do anything about repositioning troops. Zero. It requires no authority by Congress to PCS troops from Romania to another base.
Facts: there are no U.S. military bases in Romania. The first rotation of temporary personnel arrived there around 2005 after the CIA coup (first one) in Ukraine resulted in Russia taking Crimea. It increased in the immediate aftermath of the second CIA coup of Ukraine in 2014 to approximately 1,000 to 1500. There are a few Navy personnel outside of this at an Aegis missile site on another Romanian base.
Any republicans opposing the decrease in military ops tempo by ceasing this requirement for our military to be sent abroad doesn’t give a shit about the military or national security. They care about the contractors that will not be paid to support their deployments.
Proceed accordingly.
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Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal
CONGRESS REPORTEDLY MOVES TO BLOCK PENTAGON PLAN TO PULL TROOPS FROM ROMANIA
Bipartisan lawmakers are preparing legislation to block the Trump administration's plan to withdraw troops from Romania and other NATO outposts near Russia's border.
Critics call it a "gift to Putin" and a "strategic blunder."
Top defense Republicans Roger Wicker and Mike Rogers jointly blasted the move as "uncoordinated and directly at odds with the president's strategy."
Democrat Adam Smith warned it sends "the exact wrong signal to Putin and our European allies."
The Pentagon claims it's shifting focus to the Indo-Pacific, but lawmakers aren't buying it.
Sen. Thom Tillis:
“Scaling back our presence in Romania defies sound strategy.
Romania has been a rock-solid ally for nearly 30 years, investing billions to strengthen NATO.