Posted on 12/01/2022 3:59:36 AM PST by Timber Rattler
The Biden administration is considering a dramatic expansion in the training the US military provides to Ukrainian forces, including instructing as many as 2,500 Ukrainian soldiers a month at a US base in Germany, according to multiple US officials.
If adopted, the proposal would mark a significant increase not just in the number of Ukrainians the US trains but also in the type of training they receive. Since the start of the conflict in February, the US has trained only a few thousand Ukrainian soldiers, mostly in small groups, on specific weapons systems.
Under the new program, the US would begin training much larger groups of Ukrainian soldiers in more sophisticated battlefield tactics, including how to coordinate infantry maneuvers with artillery support – “much more intense and comprehensive” training than Ukraine has been receiving in Poland or the UK, according to one source briefed on the proposal.
The proposal, which was made at the behest of Ukraine, is still under interagency review by the administration. News of its existence comes more than nine months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and as the onset of winter is expected to slow military operations.
A senior Biden administration official declined to comment on the specifics of the planning, telling CNN that “we won’t get ahead of decisions that haven’t been made, but we are constantly looking for ways to make sure the Ukrainians have the skills they need to succeed on the battlefield as Ukraine defends their territory from Russian aggression.”
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Sounds good to me!
When will peace break out in Eastern Europe?
Before the war Ukraine’s military was ranked #20 and Russia’s was #2.
After the war, Ukraine’s military will be in the top 10. And will be a nice addition to NATO.
When the Russians stop attacking Ukraine and go home.
The military-industrial complex has their Vietnam. They’ll just send advisors first. No need to try to win. Vietnam saw 3.1 million US troops over eight years, with 58,000 killed. But business was booming.
Putin is trying to find an exit that doesn’t end with him doing the full Mussolini swing from a lamppost.
It’s a tall order to fill; Russia has never been kind to its tyrants when they lose.
Difference being the USA is fighting the proxy war this time.
Much cheaper and someone else’s blood.
“instructing as many as 2,500 Ukrainian soldiers a month”
LOL. They have as many killed every 5 days. As a side note, what the US military is planning to teach them? I suppose these guys are better qualified to teach the teachers.
The woke Princesses of the Pentagon are alarmed that Ukrainians do not know all of the gender pronouns.....
Good...that’ll give NATO something to do.
Hmmm.. I wonder what a proxy 100 megaton nuclear bomb looks like... (?)
Training Ukrainians to fight better is one of the exact kinds of support we should be providing. Being able to better integrate supporting arms is a force multiplier.
Whenever Russia decides that trying to conquer its neighbor isn't worth the cost. So the more we can increase that cost, the better.
This isn’t remotely Vietnam. This is a large scale, conventional war with the side we support more than willing to do the fighting itself. So it is more akin to us supporting the British in WW2 against Germany than it is Vietnam.
If it looks like they are going to lose the Presidency, the Democrats are going to start a world war on purpose. Bookmark this post.
Great. 1962 all over again. Are we going to keep the dominoes from toppling?
Yep. It’s ‘Nam all over again. First money, then “advisers “, then troops.
Yeah, that’s the risk Russia takes. The Russian people would cease to exist.
America? Some crap democrat cities get blown up.
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