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Maybe the powers that be are waiting for consensus to build to send us to war, because 'taking further steps' will lead to war.Bout time...
Bipartisan pressure mounts for US to do more in Ukraine amid frustration over Polish jets
After two weeks of unity surrounding the Biden administration's swift and sweeping response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, patience is quickly thinning on Capitol Hill, with Republicans -- and evenwww.newspressnow.com
After two weeks of unity surrounding the Biden administration's swift and sweeping response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, patience is quickly thinning on Capitol Hill, with Republicans -- and even some Democrats -- challenging the administration to go further to help Ukrainian allies under attack.
The tension comes as the administration has exhausted some of its most obvious tools to rein in Russian aggression. Debilitating sanctions, humanitarian aid, military support and diplomatic efforts have all been used in conjunction with Europe in the lead-up to and opening days of Russia's war, which slowed but has not stopped Moscow's assault on Ukrainian cities and civilians. Now there are mostly hard choices ahead as the US weighs whether to take even further steps amid risks of escalating tensions between Russia and NATO.
On Thursday, lawmakers in multiple committee meetings criticized the Biden administration's decision to reject a Polish offer to send fighter jets to Ukraine through the United States and a German air base. Several senators on the Foreign Relations Committee blasted the administration for not acting immediately to help facilitate the transfer, questioning how the administration had made that decision after initially appearing to back it earlier in the week.
So far President Biden has been making the correct decisions about every aspect of our Ukrainian support, including not sending Polish jets from Ramstein airbase. We have no justification whatsoever to defend Ukraine by directly engaging Russia in a shooting war. We have no mutual defense pact with Ukraine, and neither do any of our NATO allies.Bout time...
Bipartisan pressure mounts for US to do more in Ukraine amid frustration over Polish jets
After two weeks of unity surrounding the Biden administration's swift and sweeping response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, patience is quickly thinning on Capitol Hill, with Republicans -- and evenwww.newspressnow.com
After two weeks of unity surrounding the Biden administration's swift and sweeping response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, patience is quickly thinning on Capitol Hill, with Republicans -- and even some Democrats -- challenging the administration to go further to help Ukrainian allies under attack.
The tension comes as the administration has exhausted some of its most obvious tools to rein in Russian aggression. Debilitating sanctions, humanitarian aid, military support and diplomatic efforts have all been used in conjunction with Europe in the lead-up to and opening days of Russia's war, which slowed but has not stopped Moscow's assault on Ukrainian cities and civilians. Now there are mostly hard choices ahead as the US weighs whether to take even further steps amid risks of escalating tensions between Russia and NATO.
On Thursday, lawmakers in multiple committee meetings criticized the Biden administration's decision to reject a Polish offer to send fighter jets to Ukraine through the United States and a German air base. Several senators on the Foreign Relations Committee blasted the administration for not acting immediately to help facilitate the transfer, questioning how the administration had made that decision after initially appearing to back it earlier in the week.
So far President Biden has been making the correct decisions about every aspect of our Ukrainian support, including not sending Polish jets from Ramstein airbase. We have no justification whatsoever to defend Ukraine by directly engaging Russia in a shooting war. We have no mutual defense pact with Ukraine, and neither do any of our NATO allies.
Bout time...
Bipartisan pressure mounts for US to do more in Ukraine amid frustration over Polish jets
After two weeks of unity surrounding the Biden administration's swift and sweeping response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, patience is quickly thinning on Capitol Hill, with Republicans -- and evenwww.newspressnow.com
After two weeks of unity surrounding the Biden administration's swift and sweeping response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, patience is quickly thinning on Capitol Hill, with Republicans -- and even some Democrats -- challenging the administration to go further to help Ukrainian allies under attack.
The tension comes as the administration has exhausted some of its most obvious tools to rein in Russian aggression. Debilitating sanctions, humanitarian aid, military support and diplomatic efforts have all been used in conjunction with Europe in the lead-up to and opening days of Russia's war, which slowed but has not stopped Moscow's assault on Ukrainian cities and civilians. Now there are mostly hard choices ahead as the US weighs whether to take even further steps amid risks of escalating tensions between Russia and NATO.
On Thursday, lawmakers in multiple committee meetings criticized the Biden administration's decision to reject a Polish offer to send fighter jets to Ukraine through the United States and a German air base. Several senators on the Foreign Relations Committee blasted the administration for not acting immediately to help facilitate the transfer, questioning how the administration had made that decision after initially appearing to back it earlier in the week.
US Javelin's - kill Russian soldiers
US Stinger's - kill Russian soldiers
Polish MiGs - kill Russian soldiers
I'm still at a loss to grasp the difference.
US Javelin's - kill Russian soldiers
US Stinger's - kill Russian soldiers
Polish MiGs - kill Russian soldiers
I'm still at a loss to grasp the difference.
I too am at a loss. There is no qualitative difference between killing. Dead is dead.
In the meantime, the west moronically frets over the nuances of sending a plane by rolling it on the ground vs a ferrying flight vs dispatching it from Poland rather than Germany.
I think Putzin is trying to provoke us. Seeing what i'd take to get us angry and get us involved....mostly so he can go on RT and say "See!!! See! The West is behind this war! Western troops in Ukraine proves they are involved!!!"The Russians struck Yavoriv yesterday, only 20 miles from the Polish border.
9 dead and 134 injured. That was at the Conbat Training Center where US instructors trained Ukrainian soldiers.
The Russians struck Yavoriv yesterday, only 20 miles from the Polish border.
9 dead and 134 injured. That was at the Conbat Training Center where US instructors trained Ukrainian soldiers.
Yes, and Russia having seen our unwillingness to create a no fly zone, and trepidation over giving planes to Ukraine to provide air cover, have announced that NATO convoys are fair game. And, at the same time struck two western airfields and the Combat Training Center on the border.
As always, the west, in public, shoots itself in the foot showing weakness, and the predator exploits it. Those planes should have been delivered. Our timidness may have just close a window.
That would be stupid. The Russian military on a good day is a 2nd tier force. If we seriously went at it with NATO the Russian military in Ukraine - which is about half the entire Russian army - wouldn’t last a month.I think Putzin is trying to provoke us. Seeing what i'd take to get us angry and get us involved....mostly so he can go on RT and say "See!!! See! The West is behind this war! Western troops in Ukraine proves they are involved!!!"
A lotta people didn't think he'd be nuts to invade Ukraine. And yet......here we are at Day 18.The only thing he has going for him is his nukes and I don’t think he’s that nuts.
That wasn’t nuts. He took Crimea in 2014 without much of a fuss. Why not go for the rest? Nuts would be provoking a confrontation with NATO.A lotta people didn't think he'd be nuts to invade Ukraine. And yet......here we are at Day 18.
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