[2014] Breaking! US Planned to Turn Crimea into Military Base Against Russia

A couple of weeks ago Crimea and Sevastopol almost unanimously voted to re-join Russia. The Crimeans said: we had been unappreciated guests, now we are returning home after a long voyage. More about that in my articles: Why is Crimea Overwhelmingly Pro RE-Unification With Russia? Prediction: Crimea Independence Vote The information coming to the surface now shows…
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US Defence Secretary Mark Esper wants to cut troops ‘with or without’ Afghan peace deal

“I would like to go to a lower number because I want to either bring those troops home” to retrain for new missions or to “be redeployed to the Indo-Pacific to face off our greatest challenge in terms of the great power competition that’s vis-a-vis China”, he said.
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