Posted on 01/24/2022 10:08:29 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Highlighting the increased tension between Russia and the West over a threatened Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Pentagon has announced 8,500 troops currently in the United States have been placed on heightened alert status, readied for potential European deployment should Russian President Vladimir Putin take military action against his neighbor. Additionally, the Department of Homeland Security has cautioned all potentially affected entities to be on guard against potential Russian cyberspace attacks in retaliation should the United States make moves to actively defend Ukraine against a Russian assault.
If American troops are sent to Europe, they will not be immediately sent to any hot spots … at least not at first.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said about 8,500 U.S.-based troops are being put on alert for possible deployment — not to Ukraine but to NATO territory in Eastern Europe as part of an alliance force meant to signal a unified commitment to deter any wider Putin aggression.
The problem with such a deployment is it serves no genuine military purpose. While immediately sending troops to Ukraine would be provocative in the extreme, simply sending them to existing European bases could be interpreted by the Kremlin as a paper tiger. Unless there is a clear commitment to actively sending American and NATO troops in harm’s way should Russia invade Ukraine, a mere deployment is of no concern.
My colleague Dennis Santiago, whose knowledge of such matters far exceeds my own, is optimistic that the announced defensive deployments will be a powerful deterrent to Putin. I defer to his expertise, but remain doubtful due to Russia firmly having Europe in its literally oily grasp. A turn of the pipeline spigot would, again literally, leave Europe in the dark. I am also extremely doubtful that current European leadership has the intestinal fortitude to engage Russia militarily despite NATO’s far greater military skill.
The threat of a cyberspace attack is, in many ways, the most worrisome. This extends far beyond the prospect of Amazon being unavailable for a few hours. Putin don’t play. It takes no stretch of the imagination to picture him ordering a full cyberattack crippling American infrastructure, commerce, and national security.
The situation’s seriousness cannot be overstated. Russia, despite its denials, is plainly preparing for war. It has no reason to fear the feckless Biden Administration. Unless some kind of diplomatic solution can be found, nothing — nothing — good can come of this. People will needlessly die. The situation is fluid. Sadly, the fluid is quite likely to become blood.
Happy now?
Democrats and war fit together like horses and carriages.
Putin walks into the Donbas and Biden will let him do it.
If we don’t fight the Russians in Ukraine we’ll have to battle them on the beaches of the Jersey Shore.
/sarcasm, of course!
why can’t we have troops defend our own boarders???
or borders even
Quagmire 2.0
As Tucker Carlson brought up, Ukraine isn’t high on the list of strategic importance for the U.S.
This isn’t a pro-Ukraine move by the DC establishment but is rather an anti-Russia move.
Ukraine isn’t a member of NATO, and we have no obligation to help them as Tucker also said. And yet we hear the talk of “freedom” and “democracy” just like we did with Iraq, and then Syria, Yemen, and Lybia by Obama/Biden when warring against them.
But where are the DC elite at parachuting in to fight if they are so gung-ho to help Ukraine?
The Internet on my phone went out about 10 minutes ago. It is back now but it went out on my desk top too. Different providers
The Biden puppet regime is trying to hype a war - and nobody will come
Russia continues to say absolutely nothing about the situation. Their own media are saying nothing about supposed coming war with Ukraine
Germany has basically said to NATO has no interest or support for a conflict in Ukraine.
Zelensky in the Ukraine has told Biden to cut-out all the war talk, as he’s finding his country’s economy is now collapsing, investors are leaving, banks are not lending, and trade is not happening.
Really good summation.
...Bidens Foreign Policy....
Make everything look like we’re going to war with Russia.
LMAO!
Not sure how that’s supposed to make me happy other than that that is plainly the truth.
Perhaps you are imagining that I am somehow calling for war for Ukraine in that other thread.
I am merely correcting the assertion that (1) Russia is acting defensively (it obviously isn’t), and (2) that there is any truth to the idea that the USA or NATO are somehow provoking Russia into attacking by placing troops in NATO countries, or that NATO is planning some kind of surprise attack on Russia or any conflict whatsoever (they are too incompetent to do so, and the necessary mobilization is non-existent).
Russians are the Muslims of the Slavic World and do not actually believe NATO is anything more than a dilapidated defensive pact that can barely defend anything. In fact, that’s exactly why they are now going for Ukraine, and demanding NATO withdraw from all NATO countries who joined the alliance after 1997. They sense the blood in the water.
We will be lucky if Russia does not take this moment with shitty leaders, shitty economies, and an impending food and energy crisis, to strike fatal blows that lead to the collapse of NATO and possibly of our economy.
Can’t we just s—— Biden?
It really seems like Biden wants a war. Why, you may ask. Easy distraction to his complete and utter failure on Covid, Economy/Inflation and a multitude of past and looming issues.
Jo Jo the Clown has to save Hunter’s Ukraine big money gig.
After the plunge protection team saved the market yesterday..check the move on amazon...futures back down tonight. I took my profit on amazon at the close because things are too sketchy.
Fed decision is also this week
Let’s Go Brandon
Russians vs. Guidos!
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