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The US has no interests in Ukraine.

Why would we be supplying even non-lethal military equipment?

1 posted on 12/21/2016 2:35:07 PM PST by Mariner
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John McCain tells Ukraine protesters: ‘We are here to support your just cause’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/15/john-mccain-ukraine-protests-support-just-cause

He won’t stop until we are at war with Russia.


2 posted on 12/21/2016 2:40:22 PM PST by McGruff
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“Why would we be supplying even non-lethal military equipment?”

Because Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia


3 posted on 12/21/2016 2:40:43 PM PST by thorvaldr
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Send Hussein. He can drone on forever. Best we have....


4 posted on 12/21/2016 2:41:01 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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Well, this way we get to find out how bad our equipment is, without our troops being at risk in the process.


5 posted on 12/21/2016 2:41:19 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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"You know what the Ukraine is? It's a sitting duck. A road apple, Newman. The Ukraine is weak. It's feeble. I think it's time to put the hurt on the Ukraine."
7 posted on 12/21/2016 2:45:42 PM PST by dfwgator
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Meanwhile, the rebels have been using $79 and $299 Chinese made Walmart-type drones to good effect since almost the very beginning.


9 posted on 12/21/2016 2:50:43 PM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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You may say that the US has no interest in the Ukraine. The caveat being “that you are aware of”. I am not claiming deep expertise nor am I apologizing for Putin. I think the effort is a lot more Euro-centric and the US has just gone along to appease the Euros. It has never been well thought out.

The US has meddled massively in the Ukraine over many years in an effort to get them to join NATO. IMO it has been a misadvised exercise to encroach on Russias border with such obvious intent. This is something that Russia is going to be very sensitive to and I for one think it has always been a mistake to swagger up to Russias border(s).


11 posted on 12/21/2016 3:00:37 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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173 thousand bucks for one System,,,
Yeah
I’d be Pissed too.


13 posted on 12/21/2016 4:20:13 PM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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Who do you think sold the separatists the jamming device technology?

red


14 posted on 12/21/2016 4:50:36 PM PST by Redwood71
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The US has no interests in Ukraine.

Other than showing people that defense agreements with America mean something, and taht giving up nuclear weapons is a good idea.. The US and Russia agreed to respect and protect Ukrainian sovereignty. http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/49/765
15 posted on 12/21/2016 6:43:03 PM PST by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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Gizmo in question:

I guess it doesn't carry any Hellfire missiles.

22 posted on 12/21/2016 8:09:47 PM PST by PLMerite (Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
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Millions of dollars' worth of U.S.-supplied drones that Kiev had hoped would help in its war against Russian-backed separatists have proven ineffective against jamming and hacking, Ukrainian officials say.

OK, raise your hand if you believe we're sending our good stuff to Ukrainians so it can fall into Russian hands. Keep 'em up. The men in white coats are on their way.

27 posted on 12/22/2016 8:58:06 AM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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