Posted on 02/28/2022 10:09:48 AM PST by elpadre
Six American special ops veterans are on the Polish border, ready to enter Ukraine and join the resistance against Putin's army after a call for help from President Zelensky.
The men are joined by three British veterans and a German, all of whom are NATO-trained and ready to assist the Ukrainian territorial defense teams.
They are believed to be among the first to join the newly former International Legion of the Territorial Defense of Ukraine that Zelensky announced on Sunday after a weekend of staving off the enemy.
BuzzFeed News cites an unnamed US Army veteran recruiter who said there are also two former US infantry officers ready to fly to the region to provide leadership for the group.
They will join sixty British volunteers who are also planning to make their way to Ukraine to help the fight.
Sixty British volunteers are heading to Ukraine to fight against Vladimir Putin's Russian forces, led by Mamuka Mamulashvili, Georgian National Legion (pictured training in Kyiv in January) commander
It is unclear if he also recruited the ten NATO troops who are already on the Polish border.
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Sunday the UK would back Britons if they travelled to join the resistance movement who are bravely repelling the Russian forces.
The White House has not made any such endorsement.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said he didn't 'want to see British people killed any more than I want to see Ukrainians' and asked people who were not properly trained or an 'experienced member of an armed forced' not to join the war in Ukraine.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine was 'very dangerous', he told Sky News, and there were 'better ways' to support the country.
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This operation is in its final phases. I watched some live cam footage of Kharkov a few minutes ago. Looks like mostly street fighting. You can see small explosions in the streets. Buildings are not being targeted.
You are letting the MSM get you all worked up.
Nothing new.
https://warontherocks.com/2021/08/soldiers-of-fortune-why-u-s-mercenaries-should-not-be-legal/
Mercenaries have a long and sortied history. and not always a good history:
“The Americans had been brought to Spain by Comintern, the worldwide Communist organization, but, to disguise their allegiance, the troops had been given an irreproachably non-Communist name: the Abraham Lincoln battalion.”
There are many others....
Does this mean SOF magazine will be back?
This is slowly becoming our circus and our monkeys.
US arms yes, US blood HELL NO.
Not really. Ukraine is receiving a wave of modern arms from Europe including whole squadrons of fighter aircraft from Poland (most likely). Finland just announced a massive shipment, too. Ukraine are not really getting much at all from Brandon. Just promises.
Everything we do to oppose Russia sends a very strong message of deterrence to China at the same time.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/Advice-about-Possible-Loss-of-US-Nationality-Dual-Nationality/Loss-US-Nationality-and-Foreign-Military-Service.html
I’m not supporting sorts. Soros however wants ever bit of help you can give him to support ukraine. If he supports that..he’s a very evil man you’re allied with.
Exactly what I said. Get rid of the need to import oil. Even the tree huggers should support it if they really understood the alternative.
They'll show up as "support", "trainers", or "advisors" when they're actively directing foreign troops, making them in effect Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) or Officers, both of which ARE expatriating acts.
Rainbow Six...
Former military with combat experience are an entirely different matter, though.
Mercenaries aren’t cheap. Is Ukraine going to pay them, or will the funds come from a NATO nation? It would seem the Ukrainians will have few resources for additional expenses.
They are retired. they can fight for whoever they want.
Given the size discrepancy between the opposing forces, I'd call “Soldier of Fortune,” too.
5.56mm
funny cartoon
If there was federal law preventing US citizens from fighting in foreign wars, you would have most of Blackwater Security gone.
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Is this the same idea like the French Foreign Legion?
Can, yes. Have problems doing so, yes also.
If retired, they can be recalled to U.S. active military service at any time for the rest of their life.
If they take up arms in opposition to the United States, they relinquish their citizenship.
If they serve as an officer or NCO for any country other than the U.S., they can have their citizenship removed.
It’s crazy that no matter who you engage with if you don’t agree with them you’re a commie stooge. They sound just like pro nasty and pro vaxx Karen’s. Soros wants intervention in ukraine...how does that benefit him and his agenda?
Is Duda’s Poland part of Soro’s cabal now? They just sent a squadon of Mig-29 to Ukraine. The world has changed. Time for a reboot, FRiend.
there is a law.it was enacted after vietnam.
the balance point is “volunteer/contracteed”.
contracted individual, there is a law.
individual volunteered, no law.
organizations contracted, international commerce.
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