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Question for the military folks: Turkey's drones have been a huge help. I'm sure the US has plenty & more advanced drones...can't the US send some of those over too?
I think the US needs to be careful here. We need to support Ukraine as much as we can without doing so much that Putin starts calling them our puppets.
YES!!! Go get 'em! "President Zelensky says first wave of foreign fighters has arrived to assist Ukraine From CNN's Lindsay Isaac The first foreign fighters have arrived in Ukraine to help defend the country against the Russian invasion, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Ukraine is already greeting foreign volunteers. (The) first 16,000 are already on their way to protect freedom and life for us, and for all,” he said in a video address posted on Facebook Thursday. The Ukrainian government has called for people around the world to join the fight against Russia."
True but with the US/others sending equipment, I was wondering why we couldn't send drones. Is it training? Or that we don't want a drone in Russian hands if the shoot it down?
I know of any number of US citizens who are constantly preparing for and promoting war. They should hurry on over to Ukraine, where the action is. I am quite serious about this. Certain segments of our population are of a militant mindset, and wait impatiently for the outbreak of a US civil war.
From CNN live "Lavrov claimed — without evidence — that the Ukrainian side had deliberately delayed their arrival, and suggested that the Ukraine is a puppet state of the United States." They also claimed Ukranians are late/delaying and that they arrived last night & were kept waiting. That meeting was always set for today so more garbage. So in reply to the post a few above this one, they're already claiming Ukraine is a US puppet, so might as well send more stuff.
There's folks on both sides who are always prepped, but have seen plenty of people, yes some claiming they'd voted for Trump but said this was wrong & they felt they had to help fight the Russians, packing their stuff & headed out. Documenting dealing with the embassy, their airport stops, and finally arriving at the border. Also a good number of nurses trying to find out if they can go even though they wouldn't be fighting. These are from not just Americans, but British, Irish, Canadian, etc. But yes I'm sure there are those rooting for Putin that may be inclined to go & just not document it.
We can but as others have said, we have tread carefully here. Just because we haven't put troops in Ukraine doesn't mean we can outfit them with our arsenal. Well, we can because it still requires labor and manpower to operate. We already sent hundreds of shoulder stingers and a ton of other things. I think cruise missiles have not been deployed in Ukraine.
Careful, I got an earful for suggesting certain posters who long for more US action/intervention go get their gun and fight.
There is a lot in this article but it covers pretty much the last 24 hours Pentagon CANCELS test of ballistic missiles to 'show restraint' to Putin amid Ukraine war | Daily Mail Online
There's precedent for that. Back during the Cuban Missile Crisis, we tested a nuke in the Pacific that almost had Russia push the button. Really bad timing and no one questioned it. I think if I were part of that test, I would have asked my superiors, "Hey Brian, do you think this is a good idea to test a nuke when we are on the brink of nuclear war?" It could have been seen as saber rattling.
I wonder why. Seems like a match made in heaven to me. A BYOG event in Ukraine. Crowd-sourced war has arrived.
Maybe they've filled their quota of drone pilots, keyboard warriors and officer attaches (coffee getters). Only jobs as frontline infantry left.
I have stated it but will do so once more. Yes, I am willing to risk general war, because in my estimation that is now where this is going, one way or another. I also believe we can take steps to mitigate the risk of general war while providing more direct military effect for the Ukrainians. As to our strategic interests, in my opinion this situation raises a greater threat to our interests than did the Balkan wars of the 1990s. The main strategic justification (as opposed to humanitarian appeal) was the refugee crisis. This war threatens to dwarf the Balkans and ISIS combined in terms of displaced peoples. The population of Ukraine is enormous, and its primary export is foodstuffs. Watch the food crisis unfold next when no one is working those fields (it’s going to take Russia some time to bring in, er, volunteers to take over the farming, and even when they do I kind of doubt that food goes west). Finally, we are looking at years of frozen conflict ahead if we do nothing now. That means dramatic increases in military expenditure, fuel costs, etc. Well, either that, or appeasing Russia’s next few demands after Ukraine falls … and it will fall without direct support. So that, I hope, summarizes the why of my support for limited intervention now. The how is a separate matter, but I won’t get into it again until there’s more widespread support for the why.
Volkswagen joins Ford in halting production & deliveries, Jaguar, Volvo, and Land Rover deliveries halted too. Formula 1 has also pulled out the Russian Grand Prix (?) which is apparently a big deal in racing.
Time to get into Tesla & Alphabet (Google) stocks...they just gave Musk a gift. Russia refuses to launch internet satellites, pointing at sanctions | CNN Business Russia is refusing to send up satellites, etc in retaliation for sanctions. Russia halts deliveries of rocket engines to the U.S. "Let them fly into space on broomsticks" Elon says thanks. Time to bring NASA back online all the way, too.
There is a young F1 driver who is actually the son of a Russian oligarch. The oligarch’s company is one of the main sponsors of the team (basically paying $$$ for the kids seat in formula1, which is how that sport works nowadays). It’s a last place car anyway, but the team dropped the sponsorship so the driver will probably be forced out too.
