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Biden signs order to call up 3,000 troops for Operation Atlantic Resolve in Europe​

President Joe Biden signed an order on Thursday allowing the Pentagon to call up as many as 3,000 reserve troops to support Operation Atlantic Resolve in Europe.

Operation Atlantic Resolve began in 2014 in response to the Russian annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula and it “provides rotational deployments of combat-credible forces to Europe to show our commitment to NATO while building readiness, increasing interoperability, and enhancing the bonds between ally and partner militaries,” per U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s website.

While Biden's order provides the Pentagon with the authority to call up troops, DOD did not make it immediately clear as to whether they would, in fact, call up additional reservists.

Last year, the administration increased the troop presence in Europe by about 20,000 troops as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to invade Ukraine, bringing the total U.S. force on the continent to approximately 100,000.

"The designation of OAR as a contingency operation is an important demonstration of the U.S. commitment to our NATO Allies and partners," U.S. European Command Spokesperson U.S. Navy Capt. Bill Speaks said in a statement. "It further provides US EUCOM with greater flexibility to support continued U.S. and Allied commitments to the defense of the Euro-Atlantic and allows us to provide key entitlements to the forces who support those commitments."

The operation will now be designated as a “contingency operation,” Joint Staff Director for Operations Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Sims told reporters on Thursday. “This new designation benefits troops and families with increases in authorities, entitlements, and access to the reserve component forces and personnel based on the level of presence and operations in the US EUCOM area of operation.”

So now US reservists are being deployed to Europe. The 3000 is still a drop in the bucket with the 100,000 they already have there but the “Operation Atlantic Resolve” has now been upgraded to a “Contingency Operation.” This designation allows access to US reserve forces to be used.

The operation will now be designated as a “contingency operation,” Joint Staff Director for Operations Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Sims told reporters on Thursday. “This new designation benefits troops and families with increases in authorities, entitlements, and access to the reserve component forces and personnel based on the level of presence and operations in the US EUCOM area of operation.”

 

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The Indian State of Manipur Is on the Verge of Civil War. Modi Hasn't Said a Word About It​

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Manipur: Murders and mayhem tearing apart an Indian state​

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Government rejects EU parliament move to discuss Manipur situation​

Manipur issue ‘toally internal’ to India, says Foreign Secretary, as MEPs criticise government, BJP for violence​

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Wow has the anglos turned on india, their favorite sepoy and their designated meat magnet for PLA bullets? What gives? I think the anglos can no longer tolerate india double faced dealings and demand an end to relationship with russia and even possibly an exit from SCO? Anyway great news for China

 

[supercat]

What should China do to make sure the US in the indo pafic cannot be an issue and prevent a changlle to China? it seems like the US wants to more and more make sure China cannot peacefully do reunifaction with Taiwan and to contatin China and to prevent our growth. so what do you think China should do in response and if this is an issue for my motherland. we cannot let the US and its allies contatin or stop us from being a thriving country so they can make us end up like Japan. sorry for my long speech, i am just worried about the future of my country and what China should do to make sure it does not have an affect.

China is not USSR, no one can possibly contain her. The US has few options except tech war and building more bases. All China has to do is keep developing.

Alarming Navy Intel Slide Warns Of China’s 200 Times Greater Shipbuilding Capacity​

The Office of Naval Intelligence is sounding the alarm about the huge gap in U.S. and Chinese shipbuilding capacity and its implications.

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[Eventine]

Wow has the anglos turned on india, their favorite sepoy and their designated meat magnet for PLA bullets? What gives? I think the anglos can no longer tolerate india double faced dealings and demand an end to relationship with russia and even possibly an exit from SCO? Anyway great news for China

Actually, you should observe the silence of Americans in the debate. It's Europeans pushing the concern, because Europeans aren't happy about India's behavior towards Russia and they also don't care as much about using India against China.

The US is treating India like an ally and deliberately deemphasizing the violence happening in India, like they always hide anything bad their allies do. The silence of mainstream American media, politicians, and the lack of support for the minorities by American institutions is very obvious in this regard.

By the way, the Naga and Kuki minorities that are the target of this violence, are both Sino-Tibetan groups with deep roots to Burmese, Tibetans, and Han Chinese. So while it is being cast as a religious war between Hindu and Christians in Western media, it is also a race war of sorts.

 

[montyp165]

China is not USSR, no one can possibly contain her. The US has few options except tech war and building more bases. All China has to do is keep developing.

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To expand on this point, the moment the US shoots first their empire is history.

 

[coolgod]

Actually, you should observe the silence of Americans in the debate. It's Europeans pushing the concern, because Europeans aren't happy about India's behavior towards Russia and they also don't care as much about using India against China.

The US is treating India like an ally and deliberately deemphasizing the violence happening in India, like they always hide anything bad their allies do. The silence of mainstream American media, politicians, and the lack of support for the minorities by American institutions is very obvious in this regard.

By the way, the Naga and Kuki minorities that are the target of this violence, are both Sino-Tibetan groups with deep roots to Burmese, Tibetans, and Han Chinese. So while it is being cast as a religious war between Hindu and Christians in Western media, it is also a race war of sorts.

No, the US is also emphasizing the conflict in Manipur. See US ambassador's recent comments

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and the recent Time piece

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CNN did a piece before also

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So has the VOA

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[Maikeru]

US investment restrictions incoming. Essentially meaningless though.

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[Eventine]

No, the US is also emphasizing the conflict in Manipur. See US ambassador's recent comments

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and the recent Time piece

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So has the VOA

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I don't think that constitutes emphasis.

Only the US ambassador to India has made a comment and even then, it's not a criticism of any sort:

"On a question pertaining to Manipur violence, US ambassador to India

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who was in Kolkata on Thursday said the US is ready to assist in any way if asked to resolve the crisis and the northeast can't prosper without peace. Noting that this is an internal matter of India, Eric Garcetti said the US does not have any strategic concerns but it has human concerns. The comment drew a response from Congress MP Manish Tewari who said it is very rare for a US envoy to make a statement "of this nature about the internal affairs of India"."

Observe how this is considered a rare comment, how it specifically says "this is an internal matter of India," and how it's an offer of support & assistance, without any judgment.

If this happened in China you can bet the US would be saying "we condemn the attempted genocide of minorities by Chinese security forces and call upon the Chinese authorities to respect the right of the Naga and the Kuki for self-determination!"

The Voice of America news article is equally sympathetic to the Indians. Just look at the title and how it's cast the central Indian government as the peace makers. Can you imagine it doing so for China in any ethnic conflict?

 

[coolgod]

I don't think that constitutes emphasis.

Only the US ambassador to India has made a comment and even then, it's not a criticism of any sort:

"On a question pertaining to Manipur violence, US ambassador to India

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who was in Kolkata on Thursday said the US is ready to assist in any way if asked to resolve the crisis and the northeast can't prosper without peace. Noting that this is an internal matter of India, Eric Garcetti said the US does not have any strategic concerns but it has human concerns. The comment drew a response from Congress MP Manish Tewari who said it is very rare for a US envoy to make a statement "of this nature about the internal affairs of India"."

Observe how this is considered a rare comment, how it specifically says "this is an internal matter of India," and how it's an offer of support & assistance, without any judgment.

If this happened in China you can bet the US would be saying "we condemn the attempted genocide of minorities by Chinese security forces and call upon the Chinese authorities to respect the right of the Naga and the Kuki for self-determination!"

The Voice of America news article is equally sympathetic to the Indians. Just look at the title and how it's cast the central Indian government as the peace makers. Can you imagine it doing so for China in any ethnic conflict?

Do you know what it means when the US says they are ready to assist to resolve a conflict?
I agree the US can use a harsher tone when describing the conflict, that is saved for later, depending on India's performance in the G20.

For combat footage in Manipur, please check out this thread

Ethnic Conflict in Northeast India

Since the most recent flareup in tribal violence in Northeast India is ongoing, I thought it would be good to post updates in a dedicated thread instead of spamming the other threads. Much clearer drone action shots compared to the conflict in Ukraine. The damage to civilian infrastructure...

www.sinodefenceforum.com

 

[zbb]

By the way, the Naga and Kuki minorities that are the target of this violence, are both Sino-Tibetan groups with deep roots to Burmese, Tibetans, and Han Chinese. So while it is being cast as a religious war between Hindu and Christians in Western media, it is also a race war of sorts.

Note that the Meitei language spoken by most of the Hindus in Manipur is also a Sino-Tibetan language. In fact, ~95% of the population of Manipur are speakers of Sino-Tibetan languages.