Posted on 09/15/2025 7:17:02 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Donald Trump's special envoy to Ukraine said the United States would 'kick Russia's a*s' on the battlefield in the event of all-out war.
Keith Kellogg, the U.S Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia, and a retired lieutenant general, suggested Vladimir Putin's rhetoric was overblown during a meeting in Kyiv.
'We had a discussion recently in the Oval [Office] where... they were talking about the primacy of the Russian military and how they were pretty good,' he told British historian Niall Ferguson. 'And I said to the people in the room: "We'd kick their a*s."
'I mean by that, don't take their statements at face value. They're not as good as Putin says they are,' he said, adding: 'And [for] that I give great credit to the Ukrainian military because they've taken them down a couple of notches.
Kellogg said he didn't think 'anybody should be afraid of the Russian military'.
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The diplomat said there were three lines of attack in dealing with Russia to bring about an end to the war: diplomatic, military and economic.
'The first is obviously diplomatic and I think we've closed that door to a degree,' he said in a difficult admission after Trump's historic summit with Putin in Alaska in August.
'The military lane is another one and I think the Ukrainians have shown that they can battle them to a standstill. They can put a hold on ... The rest is economic.
'You've got to apply absolute economic pressures. And this means you've got to put some risk into the game. ... We talked about sovereign Russian assets. You're going to have to make a hard call. That's really oligarchs' money. Take their money.
'And when you talk about the oil, shut down their revenue. It's a petrostate.
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We’re not sending our kids, asshatusmaximus.
What Pokrovsk doink, assclownusmaximus?
Kellogg, Caine and mucus.
Three Blind Assclowns.
You assclowns didn't mind if your moms caught you with your newest Special Sock, too.
this neocon warmonger needs to be gone.
WW3 could ruin your whole day.
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