Posted on 12/12/2022 5:55:21 AM PST by PK1991
The Pentagon has given its tacit endorsement of Ukrainian attacks inside Russian territory and no longer fears such operations could lead to a “dramatic” Russian escalation, The Times reported on Friday, citing unnamed US defense officials.
The US position appears to only be based on the fact that up to this point, Russia hasn’t responded to attacks on its territory with nuclear weapons or by attacking NATO countries.
The Times report reads: “Moscow’s revenge attacks have to date all involved conventional missile strikes against civilian targets. Previously, the Pentagon was warier of Ukraine attacking Russia because it feared the Kremlin would retaliate either with tactical nuclear weapons or by targeting neighboring NATO nations.”
The report came after Ukrainian drone attacks hit Russian air bases deep inside Russian territory, including one that killed three Russian soldiers and damaged two Russian bombers. Following the attacks, Russian missiles pounded Ukrainian energy infrastructure, worsening the already dire situation for millions of Ukrainian civilians who are without power and heat in freezing temperatures.
Russia didn’t start launching large-scale attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure until October, after the truck bombing of the Kerch Bridge, which connects Crimea to the Russian mainland. US officials previously said that they support Ukrainian attacks on Crimea.
The Times report said that the US doesn’t want to publicly give Ukraine the greenlight to attack targets inside Russia. In public comments, US officials have said they are not “encouraging” or “enabling” Ukrainian strikes inside Russian territory. But a US defense official said that it’s up to Ukraine where they attack and that they have limited restrictions on using US-provided weapons.
So, let me see. When USA was attacked on 9/11 it was perfectly OK to attack the country that had no direct link to this attack (Iraq) but it is not OK for Ukraine to strike the actual aggressor who killed orders of magnitude more Ukrainians compared to 9/11? All who are Americans on this thread and against it are hypocrites. And all Putin’s sleeper trolls of FR, you know where to go, right?
No, *** you, orc. The war is coming to your neighborhood. Ukrainian drones are completing the final stage of preparation. Got your power banks charged?
I expect the depopulationists will have their day...
I expect some similar kind of proxy retaliation
The war is coming to Philly?
Joined right when the war started. No American calls anything a power bank, Slavic trash.
I ask going to have to read this later to see why it has keyword HomosexualAgenda (and Comments, too).
Mexico is run by drug cartels.
Mexico has given their country to the Cartels
Biden has given control of our Southern border to the drug cartels.
Realistically, I suppose that limited restrictions are better than no restrictions. The Ukies are getting at least a few Turkish missiles with IIRC a newly updated range of up to 150km and improved guidance (took out that Wagner HQ, I believe). I doubt we have much say where those are targeted.
Huh? I’ll have you know I have several “power banks” (can keep a cell phone going, or if large enough even partially recharge a small laptop computer).
I have the packaging for one I bought last year right in front of me. It says:
“Polaroid 20,000 mAH Dual USB Power Bank, PPP2001BK”
Nice that you have stated both your ignorance and that you are not an American, tho’. ;-)
Control of strategic assets (both military and economic) is what’s at the core of Russia’s objectives.
Consider how screwed Russia would be if all the energy resources found in Ukraine (including offshore of Crimea) were to be developed by the West.
Then you have the ports, a warm water shipyard, etc.
Not to mention success would likely fracture NATO and possibly the EU.
So, that means turn-about is fair play?
g) Result: Sure fire major nuclear arms race among MANY countries, and likely major nuclear war within 30 years.
I assume you mean Russia hitting Western weaponry coming into Ukraine from Poland.
It might be “fair play”, but there is no possible advantage to Russia to hit those weapons before they cross the border into Ukraine.
No, I mean the russians using a disgruntled group to use weaponry against EU or US targets.
It sure feels like that some days........
45 minutes after the first button is pushed, there will be a lot of regret.
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