Macron training to be deployed to the front lines.
Posted on 04/04/2024 5:06:23 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
French President Emmanuel Macron's push to deploy troops to Ukraine could yet prove the first domino of an official NATO military presence in the war-torn country, even while Russia's grinding frontline assaults and nationwide bombing campaign continue.
The French leader said in late February that "nothing was excluded" with regard to officially putting NATO boots on the ground in Ukraine, though his American and German allies were quick to explicitly, and repeatedly, exclude that possibility.
Macron has subsequently maintained his position, even garnering backing from eastern NATO states. This week, the commander of the French ground forces said his troops were "ready" for any deployment, suggesting that 20,000 soldiers could be prepared within 30 days. Paris, General Pierre Schill said, could even command a combined allied force of 60,000.
Macron is emerging as one of Europe's most assertive leaders on Ukraine, seeking to shake off his past efforts to maintain and revive contact with the Kremlin despite President Vladimir Putin's repeated efforts to undermine the continent's security balance.
Nicolas Tenzer, a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis and the author of Notre Guerre, told Newsweek that Macron's pivot is "very sincere." The president, he added, "considers that the stance adopted by Germany, but also the U.S., is certainly not enough, and that we have to take the lead."
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As a Polish general deployed to Ukraine learned the hard way, the Zircon hypersonic missiles hit with 6 seconds warning (it’s shielded by plasma for rest of its trip) and cannot be intercepted.
So I guess a lot of French families will soon be receiving telegrams, but when you’re at 23% in polling (as Macron is), does that even matter?
Macron is certainly not the sharpest pencil in the box!!
The world out of control.
Blinken: ‘Ukraine will become a member of NATO’
Macon’s popularity domestically is among Europe’s lowest. Sending French troops into Ukraine will be a disaster. Once the body bags start coming back, he is a dead man walking.
Macron training to be deployed to the front lines.
If Macron sends his troops to Ukraine, there’s a chance Putin may decide that he’s willing to negotiate.
No, there is a better chance that they will make every efforts to cause mass casualties in the French forces. France is instable politically at the moment and the last thing on the minds of the French people is a war with Russia.
The French troops in question are Legionnaires and most are not French. The FFL has been home to foreign soldiers for a very long time.
I concur with you on this and will likely be the outcome!
Anyway, I blame Joe Biden (indirectly). His weakness got us into a huge mess in Ukraine. NATO is forced to develop a strategy to rescue Ukraine. Putin is like Hitler. He will keep coming after you until you knock him out.
Maybe the Ukes will send the Frogs back, ...minus their legs.
“the Zircon hypersonic missiles hit with 6 seconds warning”
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HaHaHa! HiHiHii !
Zircon turns out to be big bluff: What’s wrong with Russia’s ‘unparalleled’ missile
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/zircon-turns-out-to-be-big-bluff-what-s-wrong-with-russia-s-unparalleled-missile/ar-BB1kKIUd
The Russian scientists behind the so called Zircon project are now in Gulags!
Another Russian fail - on a beyond the scale level! :) :)
We all understand your need to post Ukrainian crap from NBC News.
...and yet the Polish general is D-E-A-D.
Nothing better than dead Frenchies to fertilize the lands of the Russian Federation once again.
Polish Brigadier General Adam Marczak and staff promoted to raspberry pancakes.
The FFL is not anywhere near 20,000 troops.
We should sell France to Russia
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