Posted on 04/17/2023 11:25:30 AM PDT by lowbridge
Classified documents allegedly leaked by a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman indicated that 14 U.S. Special Forces troops were operating in Ukraine, something that came as a surprise to some members of Congress.
But over the weekend, two Republican congressmen downplayed the information:
"We -- without getting into classified -- at the classified level, it has been publicly stated by John Kirby and it's been reported that there are essentially 70 or so NATO forces, special operators, 14 American, to provide oversight on the military aid that's going into Ukraine to ensure fidelity that it goes to the right place," Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) told "Sunday Morning Futures."
"So that'd be oversight and accountability for weapons going into Ukraine.
"Also, when I was in Kyiv at the embassy, they also provide protection to the embassy and visitors, like delegations like my delegation, when we went through.
"They're not in a combat mode there, just simply ensuring accountability and oversight on the weapons going in."
Likewise, Rep. Mike Turner, chairman of the House intelligence committee, told CBS's "Face the Nation":
"First off, let's be clear, there are - there are no U.S. troops on -- on the ground in Ukraine, other than there are troops that are normally at an embassy protecting the embassy.
"We do not have the boots on the ground," he said.
Host Margaret Brennan repeated, "They're not on the battlefield."
"We do not have -- have -- have troops on the ground," Turner repeated. "So it's absolutely incorrect assumption from the documents that -- that this individual leaked."
Turner described the leaked material as "static documents, meaning they're pictures of an exact period of time. And mitigation can happen, people can change their strategies, and -- and that can change the outcome."
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I’ll bet they carry weapons.
No “combat” troops. But you can bet there are special forces troops lending targeting and intelligence assistance there
Are they RINOs or RINOs?
“”Classified documents allegedly leaked by a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman indicated that 14 U.S. Special Forces troops were operating in Ukraine””
The writer made that up, and it is stimulating many posters here.
The document did not say that Army Special Forces are operating or even in Ukraine.
The documents claim that 14 people from Special Operations are in Ukraine which can mean anything, from any branch of the service and from all kinds of jobs, communication, boat operators, aviation people, military intelligence, trainers, advisors, technicians, all kinds of things.
UN lies about US military occupation of Syria, reporter calls out Ukraine hypocrisy
McCaul is a dangerous lunatic in thrall to the Biden regime- yesterday on Fox he was advocating US combat troops in Taiwan- something which has never been on the table (not even during the last days of the Chinese Civil War when the USA actually had the military power to successfully intervene) and which would be laughably impossible now, save that this lunacy is an accurate reflection of current regime hubris.
“I’ll bet they carry weapons”
The political Clintonesque response is maybe so, but they’re not offensive weapons...unless they’re being fired
Continued...
Biden regime: Belgium, Germany, Italy, etc, hosting U.S. nukes is part of NATO’s nuclear policy.
UN: unacceptable for Russia to deploy nukes to Belarus, but because NATO deployed theirs a while ago it is okay.
US troops have occupied Syria’s oil-rich territory for years, but a top United Nations official, Farhan Haq, falsely claimed “there’s no US armed forces inside of Syria.”
There absolutely must be.
Its why Russia had to move back after the initial "decapitation" strike failed. They can't mass two tanks together without a US satellite seeing it.
I don’t believe a damn thing said about this war. Government has zero credibility.
Safe and effective ops
Trust the govt
They are lying like politicians do.
Exactly. It’s lawyer/politician doublespeak.
Supposedly the 14 who are there are simply guarding the US embassy.
Dude, I carry a weapon. Is that some kind of a problem?
They are likely set up in the AMEMB. The embassy is not considered Ukrainian territory. Interesting play on words.
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