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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James C. Reynolds

SHOCKING: Pentagon blindsided as us scraps deployment of 4 000 troops to poland - You Need To See This

Pentagon staff were blindsided by Pete Hegseth’s sudden U-turn on sending troops to Poland this week, in the latest humiliation for European allies.

The decision would affect the temporary redeployment of some 4,000 U.S.-based troops, just two weeks after the defense department said it was pulling 5,000 troops from Germany amid a widening rift over the Iran war between president Donald Trump and Europe.

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