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Letter to Congress from American Veteran in Ukraine
youtube.com ^ | 2-24-2014 8:00 p.m. | Jake Broe

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)"


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To: MotorCityBuck; Allegra

MCB is having Sleestack withdrawals. Assistance needed.


61 posted on 02/25/2024 7:43:02 AM PST by dforest
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To: MCF

Well,
It is a lot better fighting foreign wars that defending yourself from foreign invasions.
Unfortunately US lost idea how to fight efficiently.
Instead to fight to win, we fight to make our enemies to like us. Again and again , like in Irag, Vietnam and Afghanistan, we loose.
Afghanistan was the worst example how to totally loose war we won!

Ukraine is a poor country, fighting brutal foreign invasion of Putin Russia.
Putin is likely not going to stop with Ukraine.
The money they ask is actually pittance in the huge federal budged. We spend lot more on WAR on Poverty, which we lost like 40 years ago, on “global warming” hoax, on covid hoax, road diets, environment hoaxes, EV’s, banning pipelines and mining, etc. etc.
If we just stop pouring money into all that black holes in the USA, we will have more than enough to help Ukraine and run surplus!


62 posted on 02/25/2024 7:49:56 AM PST by AZJeep
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To: Ragnar Danneskjöld

One could be easily convinced that Mom wrote it.


63 posted on 02/25/2024 7:55:45 AM PST by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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To: dforest

You guys are too much 😉


64 posted on 02/25/2024 8:01:49 AM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal! )
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To: dforest; MotorCityBuck
Ask and you shall receive.

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65 posted on 02/25/2024 8:02:09 AM PST by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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To: bimboeruption

Whew!
Thank You!👍


66 posted on 02/25/2024 8:03:31 AM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal! )
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To: MotorCityBuck; dforest
This time, in motion...

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67 posted on 02/25/2024 8:06:55 AM PST by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

> The posting of this video and its comments has a point, which seems rather against Trump in 2024.<

Exactly right, World.

As much as they deny it, Zeepers are in bed with Biden, Schumer, Pelosi, Romney, McConnell, Jeffries, Murkowski et al.

The same warmongering globalists who want to see our Free Republic destroyed.

They don’t want Trump to win because he’d put America’s interests above Ukraine’s.

They’re not fooling us.


68 posted on 02/25/2024 8:23:39 AM PST by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Say it isn’t so!


69 posted on 02/25/2024 8:28:59 AM PST by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: bimboeruption
That's just Wrong! LOL!!
70 posted on 02/25/2024 8:36:28 AM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal! )
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To: MotorCityBuck; bimboeruption

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIg4Kz7etFQ&pp=ygUOc2xlZXN0YWsgc3VhdmU%3D

Sleestak Suave


71 posted on 02/25/2024 8:50:57 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: ansel12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ExBxaz2nwk


72 posted on 02/25/2024 8:52:57 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: AZJeep

“Putin is likely not going to stop with Ukraine.”

Where is the evidence for that claim, which I notice the writer doesn’t even believe, hence the qualifier in it.


73 posted on 02/25/2024 9:00:26 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: Darksheare

BIZZARE and GROOVY!

Scenes from some of my favorite scary movies accompanied by Cool Cat Music.

A pièce de résistance!

Thanks for posting.


74 posted on 02/25/2024 9:12:27 AM PST by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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To: Darksheare

Too Funny.

I return with this if your a fan of Sanford and Son..

https://youtu.be/iL3V7xQxqy0?si=BWw2r2X5ZxhgcF4E


75 posted on 02/25/2024 9:21:01 AM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal! )
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To: AZJeep

“The money they ask is actually pittance in the huge federal budged.”

The logic of the insane.


76 posted on 02/25/2024 9:40:06 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Complete propaganda by the Chinese funded deep state.


77 posted on 02/25/2024 9:45:02 AM PST by DouglasKC
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To: MotorCityBuck

I loved those memes. I also loved Sanford and Son.


78 posted on 02/25/2024 9:49:54 AM PST by dforest
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Pure BS propaganda


79 posted on 02/25/2024 9:51:09 AM PST by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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To: rxh4n1

“Easy for you to post stuff like this. Our cities are crumbling. Go to one, see the potholed streets, the cracked sidewalks, the broken curbs, the streetlights out, the vacant lots, the burned out buildings, the derelict cars.”

I was born and raised in Detroit.


80 posted on 02/25/2024 9:54:22 AM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇸 )
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