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Broadly, the call up suggests that the current US active duty force is inadequate in numbers and mismatched to manpower requirements, along with shortages of ammunition. weapons, and equipment.

Notably, almost a decade ago, a Polish Army general staff study projected that Russia was going to invade Ukraine, resulting in a large flow of refugees and the need for Poland to deploy forces into Ukraine. The Poles therefore prepared for a massive refugee flow, expanded their military and upgraded its weaponry, and added Ukrainian language and culture specialists. In effect, with a more realistic view of the future, Poland was ready.

As it was, during the Obama administration, the US and NATO did not do enough to prepare for a Russian invasion of Ukraine and were therefore caught unprepared. True to form, the US military and diplomatic establishments declined to ring the alarm because no one wanted to provoke Putin or embarrass Obama.

When Trump came in, the military got more funding and improved readiness due to his policies, but Ukraine's folly of siding with Hillary and trying to help take down Trump led to a considerable undercurrent of Trump and conservative dislike for the Ukrainian cause.

Currently, the US and NATO are providing a lot of intelligence, logistics, and battle advice to Ukraine. That is why I suggest a need for those specialists. With modern communications, the core of the US and NATO forces involved are not in country but are dispersed across Europe and the US. We are in a proxy war, with a chance to end Putin and his regime and reshape Europe's security for the better.

"Broadly, the call up suggests that the current US active duty force is inadequate in numbers and mismatched to manpower requirements, along with shortages of ammunition. weapons, and equipment."

You are probably correct. The military can't make its enlistment quotas, and U.S. Army trannies who can't pass the physical fitness requirements get a pass. So, it's up to the reservists who still have time on their enlistments to stand before the cannons loaded with grape shot.

You have perfectly described 1/2 of the truth but revealed the real reason for the war, your dream of destroying Russia. This was dreamed up by Woke before Woke went for broke. Russia is going to end this war on terms that NATO will accept. The US has tried to keep Russia separated from the EU and suceeded with this war. However, Russia is aligned with India, Brazil, China thru Brics which will further subplant the PetroDollar with a gold back currency. The days of the US dictating to the world who can buy what or from who are fast coming to an end because of Obama and Biden.