Among the push for "Terrorist terror" scenario there is something else quietly going on with USA Military.

Cold War 2.0: The US military is beefing up its presence in the former Soviet Bloc

Over the past century, Russia and Germany have repeatedly clashed in a swath of Eastern Europe that Yale historian Timothy Snyder has termed "bloodlands."

As the US Army Strykers rolled through the Polish countryside, they passed road signs pointing to the sites of battles and pogroms, sieges and Nazi death camps.

 At the end of World War II, the 2nd Cavalry Regiment was the US unit that pushed farthest east, liberating parts of what was then Czechoslovakia from the Germans. By that time, Poland and the Baltics were already firmly under Soviet domination.

While the officers of Fourth Squadron were well aware of the region's dark history, they were preoccupied with making the road march as safe as possible.

Soldiers spent their nights sleeping inside or next to their Strykers at sprawling Soviet-era military bases. Departure times were often set before daybreak to avoid clogging up highways.

Because of local requirements, one 170-mile leg of Dragoon Ride turned into a 330-mile steeplechase.

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Meanwhile on another front...

 Some commanders were eager to participate.

 “It was supposed to be an organized army where no one had benefits over anyone else,” said Abdul-Razaq Freiji, who had defected from the Syrian Army early in the uprising and led a small fighting group near the central city of Hama.

 “We are military men and we like order, so we wanted training and organization.”

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It is not easy playing with your toy soldiers and their equipment...

 Weapons shipped into Jordan by the Central Intelligence Agency and Saudi Arabia intended for Syrian rebels have been systematically stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold to arms merchants on the black market, according to American and Jordanian officials.

 The Jordanian officers who were part of the scheme reaped a windfall from the weapons sales, using the money to buy expensive SUVs, iPhones and other luxury items, Jordanian officials said.