Ambassador Rose isn’t backing down— he’s been fiercely arguing on social media not only with Prime Minister Donald Tusk , but also with a random user on the X website who commented on one of his posts. “Should we take all our soldiers and equipment with us?” Rose asked, responding to a critical post in which a Polish user wrote, among other things, “The Polish nation respects its sovereignty. Go home.” Approximately 10,000 American troops are currently stationed in Poland.

  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    When have we ever taken our equipment with us? Seriously. We basically armed the Taliban for a few months when we left Afghanistan. Then they ran out of spare parts and people that knew how to maintain the shit. IIRC, they mostly just scrapped our trash at that point.

    Poland at least has the people and experience to keep our shit working.

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    18 hours ago

    I mean, the whole point of us having troops there was a deterrent against Russian aggression.

    So I guess there is no reason Trump would want to keep them there.

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      16 hours ago

      With the way things are going, hosting US troops to defend against Russian Aggression soon will be just as good as cutting out the middle man and simply hosting Russian troops.

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    23 hours ago

    This is honestly pathetic behavior for a diplomat. Since when is the security of the entire eastern flank of NATO something you throw around in a Twitter spat with a random guy? If a professional ambassador cannot handle a “go home” comment from an internet stranger without threatening to pull 10,000 troops, he is clearly in the wrong profession.

    It is the same old transactional nonsense we keep seeing. It treats allies like vassals instead of partners. Poland is a sovereign country, not a playground for some guy’s ego trip or a tool for a political campaign. Threatening to leave over a hurt ego makes the US look completely unreliable as a partner.

    And of course, PiS is just rolling over and supporting him because they care more about their partisan ties than national dignity. It is exhausting watching our security be treated like a bargaining chip in a social media meltdown. We need actual adults in the room for once.

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    23 hours ago

    So they want to take home their troops which Poland wants anyway so where is the issue?

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      22 hours ago

      They’re putting the US in a position where they have to stand down or stand down. It’s very confusing for them.

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      14 hours ago

      Refering to patients by number is dehumanizing and bad practice. It should be: “Has the maniac in room 4 got his sedation yet?”, of course!

      (/s, for reasons)