Good grief.
The media tells you folks that we on the right are stupid. What’s sad is, most of you believe it. Because the teevee said so.
Posted on 02/25/2024 1:51:47 AM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Letter to Congress from American Veteran in Ukraine Jake Broe [I am a United States Air Force veteran who served as a Nuclear and Missile Operations Officer (13N). 437K subscribers 2-24-2024 17:00 Minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg49VcsWvd8
Excerpt: "Jake is sharing an opinion piece from an American Service veteran currently in Ukraine. An American Veteran plea arm Ukraine or Surrender Freedom. This man's name is John Roberts call sign name is Jackie Not everyone has and uses social media. Not everyone wants to be on camera.
So today, I'm going to use my platform and my voice to share his message. This is the piece that he wrote for the Kiev Independent and I'm going to read it in its entirety as an American in Avdiivka.
What is Congress doing?
I am an American Military veteran: call sign name is Jackie. I am writing from Donbas, Ukraine. I'm originally from Orange County California. I served in the US military for 8 years stationed in Colorado, South Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait. I also worked as a contractor at the John F Kennedy special Warfare Center in North Carolina helping prepare our future special operators.
As an American Soldier, I have always been interested in our national security and Global interests. I am currently an assault instructor serving in the third assault Brigade in elite units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
A few days ago, we came to the rescue of Ukrainian forces who had been enduring the Russian attack on the town of Avdiivka. Our Fighters quickly destroyed two Russian brigades and kept a corridor open for Ukrainians from Avdiivka to retreat from the town. Our soldiers are true professionals undisturbed by the massive Russian Firepower being flung at them and fighting hard to gain and maintain the corridor.
One thing I teach my students is to conduct shaping operations. Essentially, to take steps by using alternative means such as artillery air power drones in our case or electronic warfare to prepare the battlefield for success of our infantry to capture their final positions. My students are very excited to employ these techniques. They train on them and use them in the battle frequently.
Ukrainian soldiers are highly motivated to fight efficiently and reduce casualties as they are making their transition from Soviet to Nato doctrinal Warfare. Our Brigade is leading this transition and using shaping operations at every level possible. Even down to the squad, we make plans, we do reconnaissance, we task support assets and we review our actions after battle to learn what we did well and what we need to change. We admit our successes and failures and we improve and grow ourselves as professionals. Because of this in battle, we are confident and unrelenting.
On the ground in Avdiivka, we felt the results of current US politics with full force.
We are accustomed to fighting with less artillery than Russia. We have already developed clever ways of using Precision fire to counter Russian Artillery. Our artillery soldiers use their U.S. provided weapons efficiently and effectively to battle the second largest military in the world. So, that while our assaulters have cover, we pierce like needles to rapidly cut Russian critical arteries. We are used to fighting under strength. We are intelligently adapted and trained to push ourselves to the highest level of combat performance. But, we cannot deliver Miracles.
We have already delivered many miracles in this war and and I sure we will continue to do so. BUT, hoping for miracles is not a reliable way to win a war.
I need to go pray and say goodbye to some more of my students and friends. These soldiers, these men and women, are incredible people. It takes weeks to teach American soldiers what Ukrainians are able to learn in hours. Their standards and self- expectations are high. They usually accomplish complex team-based tasks correctly on their first attempt. Every time they fail in training they get angry with themselves and repeat the task until it is right. I have never had to ask them to stay late or work harder. They hardly sleep. They don't complain and most of them have families. Besides not getting to spend time with their families these soldiers know that this fight is for their future and for their safety.
I am extremely disappointed in a super minor minority decision in Congress to block funding for Ukraine. They have said that we need this or that border security or health care or whatever you want to say. But, it is clear to me that this is solely about Ukraine. We didn't have proper border security or health care in 2010 or 2000 or 1990, 1980, 1970, 1960 or 1950. Our decision and ability as Americans to have funding for something we supposedly want has nothing to do with enabling Ukraine's current defense.
The problem in the US that this super minority in Congress is citing to block funding has endured since the founding of our nation in the 1700s has nothing to do with Ukraine in 2024. I am sure that France in 1776 could have come up with many excuses not to support American colonists fighting for independence from British subjugation. Foreign support in arms enabled Congress to stand today.
Now we are tasked to keep the light of Freedom lit for others. The current Speaker of the House Mike Johnson wants to pour water on that fire.
We are fighting hard against impossible odds. All you need to do is help from a distance and that is a good thing for Americans. You do not want to come here. The Ukrainians are dying and it is not out of our ignorance or accident. They are dedicated to their Liberation from Soviet values and Russian oppression. They are spilling oceans of blood to join the free democracies of the world.
Ukrainians who enjoy an average income of something like $5,000 a year are the largest public donors to the war. Ukrainian soldiers purchased most of their professional equipment with their own income. This economy was already struggling before The Invasion and there are still not enough resources to fight and equip everyone.
Ukrainians are doing everything and giving everything they have for this. And, they will not stop. They are fighting for their future and they will not give-up on their future. They will not surrender to Russian capture and enslavement. They received a soft Independence in 1991 which they turned into complete self-governance and independence by 2014.
Now, Russia has come to crush them.
Thanks to U.S. Aid, Ukrainians have not been crushed. Thanks to U.S. Aid, they have taught the second largest military power in the world that might doesn't make right. Where is the Russian cruiser Moskva? Thanks to U.S. Aid, a new free nation is being born in the world.
Ukraine is not giving up. Americans we cannot give up either. I can say from living in California, Colorado, and North Carolina, that I love the United States. I love the peace and prosperity that I enjoy in the U.S. I have been to enough places around the world to know that we are blessed with the lives we live and even the hardships we sometimes endure... (con't)"
>Moomies ain’t real. However someone is Paying.<
I think so too.
I’ve seen Mumsie posting about how she *never* insults fellow FReepers, but “agitator” is an insult in her eyes and in this scenario. And there have been many, many other insults from her.
I freely admit to sometimes insulting and mocking zeepers. It’s not something I want to do regularly, but there are times that simply and practically demand it. These are people who support Biden’s, Obama’s, Pelosi’s, Romney’s and others’ crooked and unaudited Ukraine policies. These are people who prefer that our tax dollars be sent to a known money-laundering operation, enriching several government thieves rather than to strengthening and enforcing our own borders and addressing a myriad of other issues our nation has faced since that diapered, vicious old coot was installed in the White House.
To the left, anybody who opposes their scorched earth approach to the ruination of our country is an “agitator.”
Call me proud to be among the ranks of the patriotic FR agitators.
We want to protect our own Borders, not another corrupt Countries Borders.
Rev Great Grandma is YouCrayne First, America Last.
She and Vindman should go back to their Motherland.
>Note: The Mesquite artillery shell casing manufacturing plant is expected to open in June, 2024; but some of the funding might be hung up in the Congress. And another maybe: that same funding pool includes funds for the Lima, Ohio heavy armor tank plant.<
Both owned by General Dynamics.
Since the Vietnam War, the MIC has been firmly ensconced in American life all the way through today.
Why is that? Who’s getting rich off these never ending proxy wars?
Good grief.
The media tells you folks that we on the right are stupid. What’s sad is, most of you believe it. Because the teevee said so.
“The only 74 year olds I know, who support funding the Ukraine boondoggle are diehard, braindead libs who watch CNN!”
WOW! I don’t know anyone like that!!!
>“The only 74 year olds I know, who support funding the Ukraine boondoggle are diehard, braindead libs who watch CNN!”
WOW! I don’t know anyone like that!!!<
Sure you do mommy. You know of Hillary Clinton, your ideological twin.
WOW! I don’t know anyone like that!!!
That’s why you PMd me about it, earlier....when you could’ve simply posted this ⬆️ silly forum reply.
🙃
🤣
But....you don need no stinkin' badge 😂
no worries :)
I PMd you because you shocked me. You have revealed quite a different side of yourself.
I PMd you because you shocked me. You have revealed quite a different side of yourself.
How so? Because I don’t buy in to your constant spamming for the grifting Ukraine?
So, you take to PM to attempt to ‘chastise’ me, with your less than holy admonishment?
I’ve never supported funding this sham grift show, so, how is that ‘a different side of’ me??
OTOH, 95% of your posts are nonstop involving this fake grifter and the DSs fake war.
THAT is what truly should shock you....how pitiful your nonstop pushing of this nonsense is/has been.
Thank you for the information:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4219823/posts?page=115#115
I did not want to be unkind to you.
All ok. Suffice to say, you represent yourself much differently than you have in other forums.
I think it’s unconscionable that you would burden future generations with debt they will never be able to pay, instead of cutting the current spending levels.
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Yes, I think so too. We are in 100% agreement here.
However the help in Ukraine is a rounding error in this equation. There is so much places we can save in the US so we can give Ukraine triple what they asking for and balance the budget anyway.
But that would require upsetting some powerful interests in the US, which nobody seems to be brave to do.
As far as Ukraine, they are at war. They cannot account for every penny spend!
Paperwork you would like:
AR 15 Euro Bullet 1 shot at Russian soldier in Andiivka, shot by A.C. Ivanyuk. Feb 12, 2024 10:32:20 Am Ukrainian time.
Missed! We are investigating why it missed.
Bullet 2 : Etc ...
Helping Ukraine in my book is the best way US can spend their money. They are doing the fighting, they just need the ammo and supplies. When Russians invade Alaska, your children will cry, why did my father spend some money helping Ukraine, when it was so easy to do?!
VIDEO
Ukraine Warns Russians “Stay Off the Bridge”
Jake Broe
437K subscribers
2-25-2024 6:30 p.m. EST
21:52 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ40mJtjkoA
Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine has now lasted for two years. Ukraine successfully destroyed another A-50 Russian command and control aircraft as well as another fighter bomber. Ukraine also struck a steel factory located inside Russian territory.
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RUSSIAN Ruble Collapse is Damaging Russian Economy as Import Costs Raise Inflation & Interest Rates
Joe Blogs
350K subscribers
2-25-2024 11:30 p.m. EST
20:32 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v15VA5G3UEk
In this video I look at the recent performance of the Russian Ruble against the US Dollar, Chinese Yuan, Indian Rupee & the Euro and discuss the implication of the COLLAPSE in value on the Russian Economy.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
3:03 US DOLLAR
6:57 EURO
8:39 YUAN
9:54 INDIAN RUPEE
11:28 INFLATION
14:44 INTEREST RATES
16:02 SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
But if you even think they vote for that other party, you belittle their service.
Do I pretty much have that correct?
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