Poking the Bear

After adding Finland to NATO, the U.S. further erodes Russia's buffer with a big arms buildup in E. Europe

The U.S. is beefing up Poland’s ability to defend Europe’s eastern front against Russia, selling it 250 Abrams battle tanks, 32 F-35 fighter jets, 500 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (Himars) and several more Patriot missile batteries. Arming Poland may be just the kind of thing that provokes Russian President Vladimir Putin into stepping his war…