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How did Ukraine ever get into that situation! And how did we?
http://m.foreignaffairs.com/article...mer/why-the-ukraine-crisis-is-the-wests-fault
How did Ukraine ever get into that situation! And how did we?
It is the right thing to do, and very much in our interest. I'm sorry you can't see that.
As I said, we can gladly help the EU militarily. But this is not our immediate problem and is theirs monetarily. I am not sure why we should spend our treasure on a mess the EU triggered.
US, NATO Troops Parade Near Russian Border in Estonia - ABC News
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Putin's not going to like this much.
so buy a plane ticket and go join the fight. the rest of us are sick to death of an endless state of unfunded and undeclared war.
i want us out of all of it. if the world wants an army, it should build and fund one.
bring them all home.
bring them home. it's time to nation build here.
that stupid ****ing pipeline should have been traded for something else, but our politicians are politically inept idiots who refuse to compromise. ****, i would have supported trading it for everyone finally shutting the **** up about it. the oil is going to get processed anyway. give the right their precious ****ing pipeline, and trade it for wind farm subsidies or something. that's how Washington used to work.
Saudi Arabia is the regional hegemon, and Iraq is their responsibility to sort out. we have our own country to worry about, and we need to get out of the war business.
True enough. And not just that, even in the event of US victory. Taking on Russia looks NOTHING like taking on Hussein or Gaddafi. The cost would be huge. And, unnecessary!! All the comparisons between Putin and Hitler, Nazis and the 1930's is total bull****.
How Russian military might is eroding the Western alliance
October 3, 2014 Rakesh Krishnan Simha
Backed by a resurgent military, Russia’s high-octane foreign policy is exposing the limits of US adventurism and in the process weakening the western alliance.
How Russian military might is eroding the Western alliance | Russia & India Report
Bring them all home repeated several times does not equal a response to my points. You started 'em....we, as in your best friend are getting tired of sending our boys in to help and hear guys like you bleat "no one helps us..."
i want to bring home Canadians, as well. if we bring all of them home, maybe then we can afford a sane health care system like yours, and to send our kids to college instead.
Ukraine is not our neighbor, and a proxy war with Russia is much more serious than a small fire in the neighbor's yard. but you already knew that.
Bring them all home repeated several times does not equal a response to my points. You started 'em....we, as in your best friend are getting tired of sending our boys in to help and hear guys like you bleat "no one helps us..."
no, a war with Russia is definitely not the right thing for the US to do.
Unfortunately NATO troops aren’t supporting or fortifying these former USSR countries in an effort to protect their fledgling democracies from KGB Chief and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. I’m willing to bet that Ukraine and several former Soviet countries will be annexed into Russia before Obama leaves office.US, NATO Troops Parade Near Russian Border in Estonia - ABC News
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Putin's not going to like this much.
Unfortunately NATO troops aren’t supporting or fortifying these former USSR countries in an effort to protect their fledgling democracies from KGB Chief and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. I’m willing to bet that Ukraine and several former Soviet countries will be annexed into Russia before Obama leaves office.
By their choice and per their ongoing requests.Greetings, GPS_Flex. :2wave:
Interesting. By their choice or by force?
I wonder if Biden's son can sort this mess out. He was very recently given a spot on the Ukrainian Oil and Gas Corporation Board of Directors, so maybe he has some ideas that can help the Ukrainian people to avoid freezing to death before a decision is reached on how to handle this. :scared:
Biden's son is certainly just what that problem takes.
Budget size does matter. On the ground they masy ot be complaining of budget cuts, but they'll be complaining that the Americans got all the good gadgets.
Also, that's funny, if the SAS were better why did they fail to capture Bin Laden while Seal team 6, the oh so bad baddies killed the ****er in his friend's house?
Budget size absolutely does mafter. The smaller your budget the less money is available for comducting training and good training costs a ton of money. It also allows you to test out new equipment and ways to do things. It also allows you to have a much better support system. Things like that make a huge difference.
Also the bigger the pool you are drawing from the more likely you are to get the perfect candidate. And you got anything to back up that the SAS is the most selective or just your opinion.
Also while you are right that the SAS has been as busy as the rest of our SOF what about the rest of their military. How much combat experience are those new recruites bringing to the SAS when they come over. The majority of huys going over to Delta already have 6 or 7 combat trips if not more along with years working in SOF. All of those things matter. And to continually try and claim that because some of our SOF is based of Brittish SOF they somehow are better is just silly. Who may or may not have been better 40 years ago has zero bearing on who is better now.
Don't get me wrong, I am not saying ours are better than theirs or anything like that. In this day and age the difference between any top teir SOF element is very very small and a competition between them would more than likely come down to who was having a better day.
With that said having worked with SEALs quite a bit I am not a huge fan of how that organization is run.
We will not be at war with Russia. Russia has invaded Ukraine, and the Ukrainians will defend their independence and freedom. We will help them, as free people do when facing aggression.
Rebutted so many times now by someone who knows a lot better about all things Russian or Ukrainian
The Ukraine crisis according to John J. Mearsheimer: Impeccable Logic, Wrong Facts