I know our mainstream media is obsessed with the election, discussing Donald Trump’s lewd antics and arduously ignoring all Hillary’s criminal activities – but it’s still awfully unsettling that we have to rely on the UK Daily Mail for this story ➡ Europe on war footing: US troops deployed to Poland to stand guard on Russia’s borders in biggest military build-up since the Cold War as Putin practices for nuclear war ~

• Hundreds of US troops will be deployed to Poland as part of NATO effort
• They will lead one of four battle groups stationed across eastern Europe
• Is the latest indicator of Russia’s fraught relationship with the West
• Putin unveiled the country’s latest nuclear weapon earlier this week
• He is suspected of ordering hack on the Democratic National Committee
• Critics say he is trying to influence outcome of the presidential election

Tensions have been building since Crimea and the West’s decision to impose retaliatory sanctions, but the breakdown of a US-Russia brokered ceasefire in Syria on October 3, followed by US accusations that Russia has used cyber attacks to disrupt the presidential election, have signalled a sharp worsening of East-West relations.

Putin’s behavior is becoming increasingly provocative; the recent hacking incidents…

After categorically denying hacking U.S. politicians and organizations, Putin and his spokespersons are now claiming that nothing has been proven so far.

Source: National Review

(Sounds like a typical Hillary quip – Ha! Catch me if you can!)
 

The Daily Mail article recaps Putin’s other belligerent actions ~

The Russian leader also suspended a treaty on cleaning up weapons-grade plutonium, suggesting he was willing to use nuclear disarmament as a new bargaining chip in disputes with the United States over Ukraine and Syria.
 
Tensions between Russia and the rest of the West are also high.
 
Last week Putin sent an aircraft carrier on a bombing mission to Syria in a fleet that passed through the English Channel. In the past week, Britain has deployed RAF fighter jets to intercept Russian bombers nearing UK airspace twice in four days.
 
On Tuesday, Russia unveiled chilling pictures of its largest ever nuclear missile – Satan 2 – which is capable of destroying an area the size of obliterating small European countries including the UK.

 
Won’t that be exciting?
 

 
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