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Washington Post: If they needed to fend off war with Russia, US military leaders worry they might not get there in time

By Washington Post.

Published June 25, 2018 at 12:31 pm

US consulate's employees remove the US national flag from the balcony of the US Consulate in Saint Petersburg on March 31, 2018. Russia on March 30 announced a mass expulsion of US diplomats and the closure of the US consulate in Saint Petersburg in retaliation to coordinated moves by Western countries to isolate Moscow in the wake of the poisoning of a former double agent in Britain. / AFP PHOTO / OLGA MALTSEVA

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U.S. commanders are worried that if they had to head off a conflict with Russia, the most powerful military in the world could get stuck in a traffic jam.

Humvees could snarl behind plodding semis on narrow roads as they made their way east across Europe. U.S. tanks could crush rusting bridges too weak to hold their weight. Troops could be held up by officious passport-checkers and stubborn railway companies.