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Obama to Increase Military Spending, Fears Russian Aggression

<p>Obama recently revealed he would like to quadruple military spending in Europe in response to Russia&rsquo&semi;s intervention in Ukraine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Obama will announce this new spending plan&comma; increasing the military budget in Europe to &dollar;3&period;4 billion&comma; next week as he unveils his final budget in office&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This plan represents Obama&rsquo&semi;s first admission that diplomacy efforts did not work when dealing with the Russia-Ukraine situation&period; The increase in spending would go towards &ldquo&semi;continuous U&period;S&period; armored brigade rotations&rdquo&semi; through Central and Eastern Europe&comma; increased participation with NATO military forces and a heavier deployment of equipment and supplies&period; Obama also plans on calling upon NATO forces to join him in arming against Russia to protect other NATO allies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many foreign and political analysts see the move as a way for the U&period;S&period; to attempt to undo the many missteps that have been taken under Obama&rsquo&semi;s lead&period; One of those analysts is foreign policy specialist of the Heritage Foundation&comma; Dan Kochis&comma; who says&comma; &ldquo&semi;Russia&rsquo&semi;s aggression in Europe is in large part a direct result of the Obama administration&rsquo&semi;s misguided policies toward Russia&period; &ldquo&semi;The administration is now playing catch-up&comma; trying to alleviate the aftermath of a lack of American leadership in Europe&period; We still do not have a comprehensive strategy toward Russia&period; Until the U&period;S&period; develops and implements one&comma; our policies toward Russia will remain haphazard and a step behind&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Obama is not the only one concerned about Russia&rsquo&semi;s presence in Europe&period; Three Polish delegates have planned to visit the U&period;S soon to try to get even more support&comma; nervous about Russia&rsquo&semi;s intentions&period; All of Europe fears that Russia will begin to invade areas with large Russian populations&comma; and will see Obama&rsquo&semi;s actions as a way to reassure NATO and not necessarily a threat&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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