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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)"
I was gonna say written by a White House staffer, but it amounts to the same thing. A puff piece to tug at the ol’ heartstrings, hits all the themes.
I liked the part where the chatbot said it takes weeks to teach American soldiers things that Ukrainians learn in a few hours. And usually Ukes get it right there very first time anyway.
This is truly some WWII era Soviet newspaper propaganda.
When it comes to cutting losses, there is a saying in the stock industry that “your first loss is your best loss” Hindsight suggests the deal they worked out 2 years ago ceding the two primarily Russian eastern provinces may have been their best loss. The longer this goes on with no negotiation table as a backdrop, the more Ukraine stands to lose when they ultimately throw in the towel and, just as importantly, the more treasure the US expends prosecuting this war it stands to lose
Someone needs to pull this whole joke of a thread. And you madam, should be ashamed for posting it.
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We don’t want anything to do with Ukraine and we aren’t calling RATs and RINOs.
In fact I am going to call Mike Johnson’s office to compliment him for staying firm on this issue.
The Ukraine regime supports the Puppet Biden agenda which at its heart is the worldwide homosexual rape of children.
Russia does not.
Do you think that Jesus Christ would support the filthy depraved homosexual agenda?
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This shows this is garbage propoganda right here. Hundreds of thousands have died because of massive Russian firepower. The ability of Russia to sustain the production of artillery shells was a huge surprise as was the inability of the West to sustain anything close. It's a subject of daily contemplation in professional American military journals.
Yeah, a guy named Jake Broe, from Orange County California, who takes the "call sign" Jacky, going to work for the former sex worker named Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy. Sure, I can see that..
Sure they don't.... the seem to be proud of enlisting old men and women.
Fake.
Aside from the childish response at least you seem to grasp the part about the mercenary issue.
Vindman should sign up as mercenary to fight in YouCrayne.
No more American Tax Dollars for Corrupt YouCrayne.
Close our Southern Border.
...a United States Air Force veteran who served as a Nuclear and Missile Operations Officer...
So, drank coffee and watched monitors all day? Or drank coffeee and watched enlisted troops watch monitors all day.
Whatever his past or current military duties post 10 is correcting the error about being a mercenary.
Oh, well, if Post 10 says so....
Russia uses mercenaries, all Ukrainian fighters, including foreign volunteers are legally part of the official military.
Accurate and apt. Even idiot Obama spoke about "escalation dominance" that becoming involved in a land war far from the US would be problematic.
But the YouTube video is interesting, of itself. Not only soliciting funds for the Ukraine military via a letter writing campaign to Congress, the specific video page also posts:
Under the "more" at the beginning of the promoted YouTube video:In the comments, one finds two themes, non-Americans politicking for American money to continue to support the war, and some ostensible American "Republicans" which seems suspect.
"Donate to the Ukrainian Military: https://u24.gov.ua/"
An example: "@johnrutowicz4580 -- @johnrutowicz4580 -- 9 hours ago -- I am 57 years old and have never voted for a Democrat in my life. That will change this November. "The posting of this video and its comments has a point, which seems rather against Trump in 2024.Translation -- VOTE FOR BIDEN or any other Democrat.
From another comment: " So, as it stands right now, I feel myself being FORCED to vote against even our good Republicans here in Florida. And ex-President Trump won’t be getting my third vote come this November either - I am so very dissapointed that I can no longer trust him to do the right thing in Ukraine."
Translation: VOTE FOR BIDEN or any other Democrat.
From another comment: "He is up for re-election in November, and is quickly losing my vote."
Translation: VOTE FOR BIDEN or any other Democrat.
From another comment: "Mike Johnson MUST be removed asap! Even by unorthodox methods if need be. (No I'm not suggesting to off him, though I wouldn't shed any tears over it)."
From another (a Brit): "Mike Johnson MUST be removed asap! Even by unorthodox methods if need be. (No I'm not suggesting to off him, though I wouldn't shed any tears over it)."
Legalese semantics. Irrespective of their organization chart, why should the US continue to pay for it?
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