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Samudera@WORKs - Walaupun cepat untuk mengutuk manoeuvers tentera Rusia, NATO sedang menjalankan permainan perang besar-besaran di negeri-negeri Baltik dan mewujudkan "garis tentera" di seluruh Eropah Timur. Amerika Syarikat menafikan double standard, tetapi rekod dan transkrip mencadangkan sebaliknya.
Beribu-ribu tentera Amerika Syarikat dan beratus-ratus kereta kebal telah dituangkan ke Estonia, Latvia dan Lithuania pada dua bulan lalu sebagai sebahagian daripada operasi yang digelar "Menyelesaikan Atlantik." Pada bulan Februari, 140 kenderaan NATO dan 1.400 tentera melanda Narva, hanya 300 meter dari sempadan Rusia.
Drills for me but not for thee: NATO launches war games near Russian border
Despite being quick to condemn Russian military manoeuvers, NATO is conducting wide-scale war games in the Baltic states and creating a “line of troops” across Eastern Europe. The US denies a double standard, but records and transcripts suggest otherwise.
Thousands of US troops and hundreds of tanks have poured into Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the past two months as part of an operation dubbed “Atlantic Resolve.” In February, 140 NATO vehicles and 1400 troops swept through Narva, a mere 300 meters from the Russian border.
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"Seperti yang anda menyambung negara, hampir garis askar Amerika Syarikat," Pertahanan Berita dipetik Kol Michael Foster daripada Airborne Briged 173 pada 2 Mac sebagai berkata. Tentera Amerika Syarikat sebelum ini telah diadakan permainan perang bersama dengan negara-negara Baltik, dengan nama-nama seperti "Saber Strike," "Spring
“As you connect countries, there is almost a line of US troops,” Defense News quoted Col. Michael Foster of the 173rd Airborne Brigade on March 2 as saying. US forces have previously held joint war games with Baltic nations, with names such as “Saber Strike,” “Spring Storm” and “Flaming Sword.”
Apabila ditanya mengapa Amerika Syarikat telah mengutuk latihan Rusia dalam Rusia, Jabatan Negara akhbar rasmi Jeff Rathke kepada RT tiada pernyataan sedemikian yang pernah dibuat.
Minggu lepas, Washington menolak Vietnam untuk mengelakkan pesawat Rusia dari mengisi minyak di sana.
"Kami menggesa pegawai Vietnam untuk memastikan bahawa Rusia tidak dapat menggunakan akses ke Cam Ranh Bay untuk menjalankan aktiviti-aktiviti yang boleh meningkatkan ketegangan di rantau ini," kata seorang pegawai Jabatan Negara kepada Reuters, pada keadaan tidak mahu namanya disiarkan.
Sementara itu, dalam tempoh 3 minggu pertama bulan Februari, Tentera Laut Amerika Syarikat terbang pesawat pengawasan terbarunya dari pangkalan di Filipina ke atas pulau yang dipertikaikan di Laut China Selatan. P-8 Poseidon dilengkapi dengan sensor terbaru dan elektronik dalam senjata Tentera Laut Amerika Syarikat, dan boleh "bungkus punch serius," menurut satu penganalisis ketenteraan Amerika Syarikat.
Walaupun Amerika Syarikat telah tidak mengkritik setiap latihan ketenteraan yang dijalankan oleh Kremlin, lalu jurucakap Jabatan Negara Jen Psaki Ogos, senaman penerbangan Rusia adalah "provokatif dan hanya berkhidmat untuk menyebabkan ketegangan."
Just last week, Washington pushed Vietnam to prevent Russian aircraft from refueling there.
“We have urged Vietnamese officials to ensure that Russia is not able to use its access to Cam Ranh Bay to conduct activities that could raise tensions in the region,” one State Department official told Reuters, on the condition of anonymity.
Meanwhile, in the first three weeks of February, the US Navy flew its latest surveillance aircraft from bases in the Philippines over disputed islands in the South China Sea. The P-8 Poseidon is equipped with the latest sensors and electronics in the US Navy arsenal, and can “pack a serious punch,” according to one US military analyst.
While the US has not criticized every military drill conducted by the Kremlin, last August State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Russia’s aviation exercises are “provocative and only serve to escalate tensions.”
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"Tidakkah Amerika Syarikat dan NATO manuver di sempadan Rusia, pada masa apabila Barat dan Rusia yang berselisih atas krisis di Ukraine, juga" menimbulkan ketegangan? "Tanya wartawan diplomatik AP Matt Lee.
"Kami akan tidak setuju," jawab Rathke.
Sesetengah, bagaimanapun, mendapati dakwaan tidak meyakinkan.
"Ia adalah tahap yang mengejutkan daripada kemunafikan, pilih kasih, Doublespeak," Brian Becker gabungan JAWAPAN (Akta Sekarang Hentikan Perang dan End Perkauman) kepada RT.
Rusia mengumumkan satu latihan ketenteraan kejutan besar-besaran awal minggu ini, meletakkan tentera di seluruh negara pada keadaan berjaga-jaga dan menjalankan latihan di Laut Baltik, Laut Hitam, Artik dan Timur Jauh. Berterusan cek snap tentera melibatkan kira-kira 76,000 tentera, lebih 10,000 kenderaan, 65 buah kapal perang, 16 kapal sokongan, 15 kapal selam, 200 pesawat perang dan helikopter.
“Wouldn’t US and NATO maneuvers on Russian borders, at a time when the West and Russia are at odds over the crisis in Ukraine, also “raise tensions?” asked AP diplomatic correspondent Matt Lee.
“We would disagree with that,” replied Rathke.
Some, however, found the assertion unconvincing.
“It’s a shocking level of hypocrisy, double standards, doublespeak,” Brian Becker of the ANSWER coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) told RT.
Russia announced a massive surprise military drill earlier this week, putting forces all over the country on high alert and conducting exercises in the Baltic Sea, Black Sea, the Arctic and the Far East. The ongoing snap check of the military involves about 76,000 troops, over 10,000 vehicles, 65 warships, 16 support vessels, 15 submarines, 200 warplanes and helicopters.
