{"id":53393,"date":"2020-05-20T08:21:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T13:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=53393"},"modified":"2020-05-20T08:21:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T13:21:56","slug":"not-a-deterrent-but-massive-provocation-russia-blasts-us-ambassadors-move-nukes-to-poland-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=53393","title":{"rendered":"Not A Deterrent, But Massive Provocation: Russia Blasts US Ambassador’s ‘Move Nukes To Poland’ Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Not A Deterrent, But Massive Provocation:\u00a0Russia Blasts US Ambassador’s ‘Move Nukes To Poland’ Remarks<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The deeply contentious issue of US and NATO nuclear weapons right on Russia’s European doorstep of Poland<\/strong> is front and center once again, as the redeployment of US nuclear weapons from Germany to Poland is said to actually be on the table following an ongoing fierce debate inside Germany\u2019s coalition government over the possible removal of US nuclear weapons from their soil.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It started with a hugely provocative statement from Rick Grenell, the US ambassador to Germany who is also the acting director of National Intelligence, who wrote last week<\/a>, \u201cThe purpose of NATO\u2019s nuclear share is to keep non-nuclear member states involved in the planning of NATO\u2019s deterrence policy. Germany\u2019s participation in nuclear share ensures that its voice matters.\u201d  He followed up with what appears a threatening ultimatum to the allied country<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWill Germany bear this responsibility, or will it sit back and simply enjoy the economic benefits of security provided by its other allies?\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell in Meseberg, Germany, July 6, 2018. WSJ\/Reuters<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Amb. Grenell’s words were posted the US Embassy in Germany’s website. On the heels of these statements came a Saturday tweet by US Ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher, who went so far to boldly suggest that America’s European nuclear arsenal could be hosted in Poland<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Needless to say this is about\u00a0the most outlandishly hawkish take proposed in years, even by Cold War standards<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Georgette Mosbacher\u2714<\/strong>@USAmbPoland<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Germany wants to diminish nuclear capability and weaken NATO, perhaps Poland – which pays its fair share, understands the risks, and is on NATO’s eastern flank – could house the capabilities here: https:\/\/cutt.ly\/SyWQERl\u00a0<\/a>A credible nuclear deterrent remains needed | U.S. Embassy & Consulates in GermanyBy Richard A. Grenell US Ambassador to Germany \u00a0 Before the fall of the Iron Curtain, Germany sat on the front lines of a possible nuclear conflict. So Germany and its NATO Allies came together to…de.usembassy.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not A Deterrent, But Massive Provocation:\u00a0Russia Blasts US Ambassador’s ‘Move Nukes To Poland’ Remarks The deeply contentious issue of US and NATO nuclear weapons right on Russia’s European doorstep of Poland is front and center once again, as the redeployment of US nuclear weapons from Germany to Poland is said to actually be on the table following an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[359,1046,21467,694,4318],"class_list":["post-53393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-germany","tag-poland","tag-provocation","tag-russia","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53394,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53393\/revisions\/53394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}