In light of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order allowing the Pentagon to send up to 3,000 reserve troops to Europe. However, the decision has drawn criticism for potentially starting “World War III.”
“For ‘Operation Atlantic Resolve,’ Biden is now requesting active duty from the US Military Reserves in Europe. These people genuinely desire World War III, wrote Ryan Fournier on Twitter on Friday, the leader of a student organization supporting former US President Donald Trump in the upcoming election.
Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis also tweeted, “WWIII is coming,” and shared a news story about Biden’s executive order.
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Kennedy Jr. has noted that Biden’s assembling of forces to aid Operation Atlantic Resolve is a precursor to a “ground war with Russia.”
He continued, “I want people to know why we are mobilizing the troops. It has to do with getting ready for a ground conflict with Russia.”
Following Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, the decision to launch Operation Atlantic Resolve was made.
Particularly since the war began, Operation Atlantic Resolve has resulted in a noticeable increase in US military presence in Europe.
After a five-day trip to Europe, during which he attended a two-day NATO summit in Lithuania, Biden signed the order.
“By the powers granted to me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America,”. The effective conduct of Operation Atlantic Resolve in and around the United States European Command’s area of responsibility necessitates, I hereby determine, the augmentation of the active Armed Forces of the United States, Biden said.
Approximately 20,000 additional US soldiers were deployed to Europe last year, according to the Pentagon, bringing the total number of US troops stationed there to over 100,000.
The US had previously made the internationally outlawed announcement that it would send cluster bombs to Ukraine, and critics had condemned the move.
The International Committee of the Red Cross estimates that up to 40% of cluster bombs produce duds or unexploded rounds, which can kill civilians for many years.
Moscow also reacted angrily to Washington’s choice to give Ukraine the mass-destruction weapon last week, calling it “an act of desperation” in light of Kyiv’s failure to make much headway in its overhyped counteroffensive against Russian forces.
The failure of the much-touted Ukrainian counteroffensive, Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in a statement, “It is an act of desperation and shows weakness.”
