The U.S. surged thousands more soldiers and equipment into eastern Poland last week. The airlift to Rzeszow puts at least two brigades of the 82nd Airborne Division just a one hour’s drive from Ukraine’s border. The intent is clear: to deter Russian forces from threatening NATO’s eastern flank in the event that they first invade Ukraine. That invasion is widely believed to be imminent.
Yet it was more complicated for the 82nd Airborne to get to Poland than appears necessary.
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