at first glance i though it meant US troops deplayed to shift Russian aggression specifically at Lithuania
like slapping Russia on the back of the head and pointing to Lithuanina and saying "they did it"

>NATO member deploys troops to NATO country
*yawn*

*ahem*
the proofs are where?

>>97038
Don't worry Russia, you just have to hold out for three more weeks, then you can have at it.

The Warsaw Pact ended, honestly there should be no more NATO.. they're just bullies now.

>>97371

>having drills with allies
>bullying

By that definition Russia literally bullying the whole planet every day by flying Tu-95 Bears into their airspace, but you don't see anyone complaining about that (but they do about the non-Bear flights, mostly because those are usually flown more recklessly. Also because everyone loves Bears).

NATO will continue to exist as long as member nations want to be allies, and currently there is no reason to leave since all members benefit from the extra security of the alliance (and there is no obligation to join an ally's offensive war, only defensive). The Warsaw Pact could have survived the end of the Cold War as well, except the members of the WP fucking hated the key player of it (Soviet Union/Russia) and immediately left. Russia is entirely the reason NATO expanded, without its neighbors being wary as fuck after 45 years of Soviet Rule NATO would most likely have remained at its 1991 size.

>>97117
>>97122
you're fake news

>>97038
>"The Lithuanian government has confirmed the presence of US special forces in the country, which it said had been deployed to train local forces and act as a deterrent against Russian aggression."


Been happening since '97.