Correction: 2 x 4 Launchers.
Volunteers. Or cia folks.
The operators “resign” from the US military, get a big bonus from zelensky and if they survive, go back into the US military with a bump in grade. Easy-peasy.
“I can confirm no U.S. injuries because we have no US service members in the fight.”
But we do have service members operating the Patriot missiles batteries, (that cost one billion each).
And he can’t confirm because he hasn’t been informed. Never will be. He can deny until the cows come home and he, himself, will be telling the truth.
See how easy that lying is.
We have some veterans with PTSD who’ll love to go to Ukraine. They’ll work as “contractors” for Blackwater (I know they have a new name now). And we’ll give them fake passports. Some Canadian, Irish and South African. They’ll be mercenaries fighting for Ukraine. The Russians will get annoyed but they can’t do anything because we’ll have plausible deniability.
"Ambassador David K. E. Bruce reasserted that "no American ground combat forces or advisers will cross into Laos." He said that American air and artillery units are supporting the South Vietnamese incursion -the artillery firing from across the South Vietnamese border."
They are mercenaries, imho.
The question isn’t so much regarding why Americans are at the Front Line WITHOUT Americans being told such, as that question is answered easily with two words: “Victoria Nuland”.
The REAL QUESTION is why are the Neocons assigning Newsweek the task of providing this information to the American public? At this point we can only speculate, and thus I think the reason is to soften up the American public for the large number of body bags that will soon be arriving back in the US, but other theories are also welcome.
Our guys can go fight the Russians and the Newcomers can take their place in the military.
“American military personnel may have been killed in a Russian strike on a United States-supplied Patriot air defense system supplied to Ukraine, according to a Moscow-aligned lawmaker in comments reported by Kremlin-backed media.”
“Kremlin-backed media” under the control of a former Stasi operative.
I want to know what they are telling spouses and parents? You army AD specialist was killed crossing the street in Germany? I have no Doubt the notified knew where their desd love ones were.
“... according to a Moscow-aligned lawmaker ...” - I can’t trust that they are proven liars.
“... a spokesperson for the Pentagon ...” - I can’t trust that they are proven liars.
“... told Newsweek, ...” - I can’t trust them they are proven liars.
This is the worst video I’ve seen of senseless death in a while.
Has to be an entire Ukr platoon try to move across a wide field and get mowed down by Russ Arty.
I have no words except negotiate for peace before Ukr is utterly destroyed and perhaps Russ as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN9CjAfo5n0
I was in the 11th ADA in the 90s, Ft Bliss and Korea. It takes too long to train crews to operate the Patriots. It only makes sense that they were crewed by trained operators. There hasn’t been enough time to train Ukrainian crews.
I have an old friend who retired from one of the se ret agencies... his child has left in similar employ, and the whispers indicate a fear the grown child may not surface from where no one goes.
The kid failed to lauch so to speak and hope for parents a safe return... I dread my wife getting a high probability call.
WTH were U.S. troops doing in YouCrayne if this story is true?
There is absolutely no way to tell what it was from the videoed wreckage. Saying it was a Patriot is a leap and that Americans were manning it, is still another leap for this bit of Moscovian propaganda.
Hope that that’s the case.