[E-rundbrief] Info 1981 - US-Kriegs-Manöver in Europa und Pacific

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief Info 1981 - Ann Wright (USA): Despite the danger from 
COVID 19, the U.S. Military Continues War Practice in Europe and the 
Pacific and plans for more in 2021.

Bad Ischl, 20.5.2020

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Wir haben über die - inzwischen wegen Corona reduzierten - US/NATO 
Manöver ("Kriegsspiele") in Deutschland, Polen und anderen Ländern 
u.a. in den E-Rundbriefen Nr. 1941, 1951, 1954, 1955 und 1860 berichtet.

Ann Wright, eine US Friedensaktivistin berichtet in ihrem umfassenden 
Text über weltweite US-Manöver (u.a. im Pazifik und auch in Europa):

Despite the danger from COVID 19, the U.S. Military Continues War 
Practice in Europe and the Pacific and plans for more in 2021.

By Ann Wright

 
https://www.opednews.com/articles/Despite-the-danger-of-COVI-by-Ann-Wright-Covid19_Covid19_Military_Military-Deployment-200519-76.html

Ein Ausschnitt daraus über Europa:

"... The U.S. military war games in Europe, Defender Europe 2020 is 
already underway with troops and equipment arriving at European ports 
and will cost about $340 million, which is roughly in line with what 
the U.S. Army is requesting in FY21 for the Pacific version of the 
Defender series of war maneuvers.  Defender 2020 will be in Poland 
June 5-19 and will take place at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area in 
northwestern Poland with a Polish airborne operation and a U.S.-Polish 
division-size river crossing.

More than 6,000 U.S. and Polish soldiers will participate the 
exercise, named Allied Spirit.  It was originally scheduled for May, 
and is linked with Defender-Europe 2020, the Army’s largest exercise 
in Europe in decades. Defender-Europe was largely canceled because of 
the pandemic.

U.S. Army Europe is planning additional exercises over the coming 
months focusing on training objectives originally outlined for 
Defender-Europe, including working with equipment from pre-positioned 
stocks in Europe and conducting airborne operations in the Balkans and 
Black Sea region.

In FY20, the Army will conduct a smaller version of Defender Pacific 
while Defender Europe will get more investment and focus. But then 
attention and dollars will swing over to the Pacific in FY21. 
Defender Europe will be scaled back in FY21. The Army is requesting 
just $150 million to conduct the exercise in Europe, according to the 
Army..."


About the Author:  Ann Wright served 29 years in the U.S. Army/Army 
Reserves and retired as a Colonel.  She was a U.S. diplomat for 16 
years and served in U.S. Embassies in Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, 
Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan and 
Mongolia.  She resigned from the U.S. government in March 2003 in 
opposition to the U.S. war on Iraq. She is a member of Veterans for 
Peace, Hawaii Peace and Justice, CODEPINK: Women for Peace and the 
Gaza Freedom Flotilla coalition.

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Ann Wright
Dissent: Voices of Conscience
www.voicesofconscience.com

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