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News report: 3,000-4,000 U.S. troops to be dispatched to Ukraine.
More deaths of U.S. military personnel from Bitten's stupidity.
And the Chinese will attack when Putin does.
News report: 3,000-4,000 U.S. troops to be dispatched to NATO countries near Ukraine.
More deaths of U.S. military personnel from Bitten's stupidity.
And the Chinese will attack when Putin does. Originally Posted by LexusLover
Russians are taking a page out of the Chinese book.
China policy is not to relinquish any more ground. They know that in allowing people to stand for themselves is a threat to the Party and its power. So, they will do anything to stomp down any dissent.
Russia has seen alot of the satellite countries leave the fold and it leaves Moscows influence weaker and weaker. Ukraine is a big place. Would be a severe loss to lose the former USSR country. And it would leave Putin looking weak. We all know that he doesn't like that. Originally Posted by Precious_b
8,500 troops on high alert Originally Posted by Yssup Rider
There are no plans ( yet ) to send troops into Ukraine and I doubt there ever will be.There are plans. Members of the Pentagon do nothing but draw up plans for any possible scenario. Somewhere there is a general whose job is to figure out Ukraine and Russia. He has a colonel whose job it is to figure out how many US troops would be needed to stop, delay, or cause Russia to think again. As was discovered in the Clinton years, we even have plans on how to invade Canada.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/23/u...o-ukraine.html
Biden Weighs Deploying Thousands of Troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics
President Biden is considering deploying several thousand U.S. troops, as well as warships and aircraft, to NATO allies in the Baltics and Eastern Europe, an expansion of American military involvement amid mounting fears of a Russian incursion into Ukraine, according to administration officials. Originally Posted by HedonistForever
Oh course he wants us out.
He has become everything in Russia but a dictator but that is only because his official title isn't called that.
And what is to have him stop at Ukraine?
Hence the deterrent called NATO.
I won't argue being in/withdrawing from the organization but we are just one member of such.
And China has been pushing back for a few administrations. Originally Posted by Precious_b
We may have made fun of Trump when it looked like he was playing lapdog to Vladimir Putin. But Trump actually may have been playing him like a fiddle. The pundits are saying Putin right now is reacting to humiliation of the FSU, and wants some respect. Trump gave him respect. Paying respect to autocrats with words doesn't cost money or lives. Admittedly paying respect with deeds like Neville Chamberlin did can backfire though.Trump has been playing everyone like Fiddle. That's why the Democratic Party shits on themselves every time Trump has a rally, lol.
What it looks like now is that Russia will do what it wants, and we'll look powerless. That doesn't serve the USA's best interests, and may be an invitation to China to invade Taiwan. Originally Posted by Tiny
I'd be shocked if Putin invaded before the Olympics were over . Wouldn't want to piss off his new buddy Xi, who maybe the only friend Russia has IF Xi gives a shit about anything other than pissing off the US.
Putin has to know by now, that NATO isn't about to let the corrupt Ukraine into NATO any time soon if ever and without Russia provocations, there wouldn't be a need to let them in anyway WHICH IS A BAD IDEA TO BEGIN WITH. Originally Posted by HedonistForever