Pronounced and hidden aims of Trident Juncture 2015

Originally posted by wiktorkovalski at Pronounced and hidden aims of Trident Juncture 2015
NATO started the biggest and most ambitious exercise in more than a decade. The Trident Juncture 2015 exercise, which kicked off on September 28 to run until November 6 and involves 36,000 personnel from more than 30 Allied and Partner Nations, is taking place throughout Italy, Portugal, Spain, the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and also Canada, Norway, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.

The first stage of the exercise starts with the Command Post Exercise for Strategic and Operational level staff on Saturday 3 October in Zaragoza, Spain.
The pronounced aim of the Trident Juncture drills is to train and test the NATO Response Force, a technologically-advanced high-readiness unit comprising land, air, maritime forces. It is reported also, that TRJE15 has been designed to ensure that NATO concepts and procedures will work in the event of a real crisis.
NATO also claimed that its exercises are transparent, giving a link to what appears to be a partial list of exercises which are conducted by US and other NATO members. But on the official The Trident Juncture 2015 exercise Website there are no data about the involved units. So the transparency is only partial and such covering of the event arises a lot of questions.
Many European media outlets believe the large-scale drill is aimed against Russia. And they really have serious reasons for such point of view.
Though NATO is keen to emphasize that this exercise is defensive in nature, many experts consider it as a nonsense statement since the drills are conducted in Europe, at the Russian or proximity of the border. This would make sense if the military exercise was near, for example, US or Canada borders.
It should be said that not all of the participating countries share the organizers’ anti-Russian slant.
For example, Massimo Zuchhetti, a prominent Italian scientist and peace activist pointing to NATO’s ongoing Trident Juncture 2015 war games is sure, that “it is NATO, not Russia which poses the biggest threat to European peace.” “As a nuclear scientist, I think that Italy is violating the nuclear proliferation treaty by having 80 nuclear bombs stored at the Ghedi and Aviano airbases used by the Americans”, he said.
“What we see now is the militarization of Italian territory with military bases scattered all over the country and one-third of Sardinia set aside for military purposes… That’s why we believe that Italy should pull out of NATO. It’s not an equitable alliance, it’s all about making this country an underdog,” Massimo Zuchhetti, a Turin-based nuclear physicist and founder of the No War, No NATO movement added. Massimo Zuchhetti as many others scientists and activists fears that Italy could be drawn in NATO’s future military adventures, which are totally at variance with the country’s national interests.
In his turn Miguel Martinez Tomey, responsible for EU affairs in the Chunta Aragonesista political party, said, that “the deployment of the NATO troops in the Spanish city of Zaragoza entails risks for the local population and the environment, that is being concealed from the public.”
Obviously not all NATO members support such exercises but they just have no possibility to oppose US because it is US who mainly pays for collective defense and choose the common enemies.
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How is this war going well? Because there is a new government to run it and a building of a new army and police force.

Sure, there are some who want to see the transition to democracy fail because they know democracy brings prosperity & they hate that.
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A CATOSTROPHIC SUCCESS?

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I would like to know from those of you who lean to the Right why you think that this war is going so well?

Despite mounting contrary evidence, President Bush and Vice President Cheney continue to insist that everything's going just fine.

I have a hard time reconciling this, so perhaps some of you can illuminate for me how it is that I am supposed to have faith in this administration's evidently disastrous foreign policies regarding the Middle East?

I understand that Rome wasn't built in a day, but from the looks of things, and from the apparent projections, Rome will not be built by the end of another four years of this administration either.

So, without telling me about why Kerry's weak on terror, and without telling me because Bush is the right man for the job in this turbulent time (that WE instigated), can you please tell me exactly why it is that this conflict is going in the right direction, and why should I consider voting for an administration with such a flagrant disdain for the world community?

(And before you tell me that THEY instigated it by attacking us on 9.11, I can appreciate that position, but we had in no way accomplished our mission in Afghanistan before we jumped into Iraq, so that is not relevant to the question I'm asking. What I want to know is why, here and now, in 2k4, am I supposed to believe that anything happening right now in the Middle East should be looked at as any manner of successful foreign policy?)
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War...

To everyone who protests the Americans serving the cause in Iraq...


I would like to say that maybe Bush wasn't completely correct when he claimed that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, but at least he took no chances. At least Hussein was removed before he could attack and kill others around the world. He deserves everything that has happened to him. He is a murder and he was a dangerous dictator. Hussein didn't and still doesn't love his country or his people. He loves himself, riches and power. Yes, it is terrible that innocent people are dying because of the war but the United States is not murdering and slaughtering civilians. They are not killing them intentionally. The goal is to rebuild the country and give the Iraqis a better way of life,but they can't do that with protesters and savage milita in the way. If the Americans were to leave, the people who are attacking the Americans would take over and continue to kill as they pleased. Then the place would really be hell. At least the United States is giving food to the civilians and they are helping them rebuild their government and economy so that they can stand on there own feet. Now at least women can go outside and show their faces and children can watch television and hear music and be exposed to the outside world and new cultures. Now the Iraqis can make their own choices. In situations like this you have to look at what the long term results will bring. At let me say again, it is terrible that innocent men, women and children are dying...but my grandparents and evey other German that wasn't a part of Adolf Hitler's 'Third Reich' or 'Final Solution to the Jewish Question' was innocent too. It's casualties of war, it's sacrificing a few so that the many can survive... deal with it.

~Svenja Von Rundstedt
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Ok.. i found these pictures on the internet..You might have seen them.. but i HAVE to warn you.. they are REALLY grotesque.. so if you get easy affected.. please don't look at them

( WARNING!! UGLY PICTURES!Collapse )

I'm against the war..I think USA should have given Iraq more time. They said their new "smartbombs" wouldn't kill as many civilans..there's allready atleast 250 dead civilans..after just a week. I think that is way to much. I'll probably write another post later with arguments for and against the war. I just wanted to show some of these pictures.
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Here we go

First lets start with one of the champions of the Anti War Movement. The basic problem with the Anti War movement is there need to manipulate facts to make them shown to be right. A fine example is one Michael Moore. In his latest movie he manipulated many facts for his Anti War movie. here is some information located here. http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_Abou…

Furtheremore most of the people in the movement ignores the facts. Frontline ha shad several excellent specials on how we ended up in War. It detailed Saddam from start to finish. It also had an Excellent interview with a journalist linking an Al Queda Camp in Iraq to Saddam. In the article the General talks about information having to deal with this Camp. Found here :

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/fron…

Finally is the whole Bush is an idiot thing. If he is such an idiot why do I hear these vast conspiracy theories about him stealing our rights in a progressive manner so he can turn America into . The fact is he is a Republican president and a lot of people just don't like that. Now if they came out and said it thats fine but instead they insult him. The most commons thing I hear is he can't speak well, WELL STEVEN HAWKINS CAN'T SPEAK AT ALL! While I don't agree on his domestic policy dealing with big buisness atleast he isn't selling our secrets to the Chinese government like Clinton and Gore. I believe he is acing in the best intrest of the American people. How else do you propose he keeps all of us safe? Ignoring the problem and it will go away? That will never happened again. Ocean borders no longer protect the Americas and it has been proven that containment does not work.

This ins't bushes war. The wheels of this war started with Bill Clinton. He also wished to go to war but decided in light of the Monica Lewinsky case it would be in his best intresrt not to pursue it. Stop thinkining with your emotions and look at the facts presented to you. Do not live in the past learn from it. It was said long ago "The enemy of my enemy is my friend". Why then is it so hard for people to understand the connection between Saddam and Bin Laden. If an idiot (According to a the Anti War movement mass) like George Bush figured it out. Why can't you?