Posted on 11/20/2024 8:49:19 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
President Biden has given the Pentagon the green light to ship antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine — a policy the commander in chief once called “reckless.”
“While we have provided anti-tank mines throughout the conflict, the Biden-Harris Administration will soon provide Ukraine with non-persistent antipersonnel land mines (APLs) as well,” a US official told The Post.
The official noted that the explosive devices differ from the ones Russia is using because they become “inert after a pre-set period of time (anywhere from 4 hours to 2 weeks)” and will not detonate when their battery power runs out, theoretically making them less of a long-term danger to civilians.
The shift in policy with land mines — which comes days after the Biden-Harris administration authorized Ukraine to use American-made long-range missiles to strike Russia’s Kursk region — is needed to stymie recent Russian advances against the Ukrainian front lines, according to the official.
“APLs, which can be rapidly deployed, are designed to blunt the advances of ground forces, and, as such, will significantly support Ukraine’s defense against Russian advances in its sovereign territory, particularly in the east, especially when used in concert with the other munitions that the United States provides Ukraine,” they said.
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Thumbing their noses at the REAL President
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When the war ends the neocons need to be given bayonets and shovels and be sent to probe for the mines and also dog them up
The vegetable Biden is authorizing nothing.
This is British Intel working most likely via the US State Dept.
I wonder what the US Pentagon has to say?
Hmm. Isn’t that a war crime?
It seems like they are doing everything possible to start WWIII before Trump comes in and gets a peace deal negotiated.
How much trouble can the Obama Joe handlers get into in 60 days?
Hold ma beer an watch this.
Biden can’t remember breakfast. Years from now poor innocent kid out playing in the woods is going to get blown to bit. The AMerican people deserve to know, specifically by name, who is making these decisions so they can be held accountable.
Sir, let us be more specific according to the "news" article itself. Government spokesperson is cited several times, and is named "a US official."
The news industry throughout the West is become a joke. And -- yup -- you might very well be correct.
Our current government is a sham run by some unknowns who despise America and Americans. biden is on vacay (yet again) in the Amazon while kamala is on vacation in hawaii. They are two irresponsible criminal losers. Similar can be said for the compromised congresspersons who go along with this sham and fraud.
Hey, ZEEPERS, quick… LOBBY FOR RAPID SHIPMENTS OF POISON NERVE GAS! Hurry, time’s wasting. You know you want to, you know it!
Well, that’ll PO Paul McCartney and the ghost of princess Di for sure.
Obama never had it so good.
Wonder what his Freeper screen name(s) is/are.
Trying to start World War 3 . No doubt about it.
When the war ends the neocons need to be given bayonets and shovels and be sent to probe for the mines and also dog them up
Read the article.
“In 2020, Biden criticized then-President Donald Trump for backing the strategic use of land mines to counter US adversaries, such as Russia and China.”
“The Trump administration’s reversal of years of considered decisions by Democratic and Republican presidents to curtail the use of landmines is another reckless act,” Biden said on the 2020 campaign trail.
The Biden/Obama administrations will go down in history as murderous terrorist operations.
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