Options
Posted on 11/25/2024 5:51:29 AM PST by shadowlands1960
According to the New York Times, US and European officials have discussed a range of options they believe will deter Russia from taking more Ukrainian territory, including providing Kiev with nuclear weapons. The outlet reports that Western officials believe the Kremlin will not significantly escalate the war before Donald Trump is sworn in as President in January.
Following the election of Trump earlier this month, the US and its NATO allies began taking steps to rush weapons to Ukraine and give Kiev the ability to strike targets inside Russian territory with long-range weapons.
American officials who were briefed on the intelligence community’s assessments told the Times that weapons will not alter the challenging situation that Kiev is currently facing. “US spy agencies have assessed that speeding up the provisions of weapons, ammunition and matériel for Ukraine will do little to change the course of the war in the short term,” the Times reports.
Desperate to bolster Ukraine’s standing in the war before the transition of power on January 20, the Biden administration is looking at a range of serious escalations. “US and European officials are discussing deterrence as a possible security guarantee for Ukraine, such as stockpiling a conventional arsenal sufficient to strike a punishing blow if Russia violates a cease-fire.” The article continues, “Several officials even suggested that Mr. Biden could return nuclear weapons to Ukraine that were taken from it after the fall of the Soviet Union.”
According to some officials who spoke with the Times, the administration believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t significantly escalate the war until Trump returns to the Oval Office.
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Utter insanity. This is giving nuclear weaposons to the CIA.
Here we go, dumb SOBs. LEAVE IT ALONE!
The infrastructure for safe storage and command and control would take years to establish.
What could possibly go wrong?......................
Original story was in the NYT’s and then carried by anti-war.com and Zero Hedge. Don’t know how much credence I give to it.
Good thing Trump is taking over for the Biden Freak Show Carnys. It could have got the Ukies highly pissed off if Pedo Joe sent Sammy Brinton and Rachel Levine over to deliver nukes to them.
Smirk---"I put $19 billion in an offshore bank for you, Joe, just like Hunter told me to."
Point taken but if you drop the word safe from the equation, it can be done in a matter of a few days.
I’m sure we have some long obsolete delivery platforms for them in deep mothball storage that could be mated to modern warheads quickly. Davey Crockett, Honest John, Jupiter, etc.
He’s leaving “public service” a very wealthy man....
I can’t really believe this would happen, if the US and EU actually arm Ukraine with nuclear weapons, it would be one of the most reckless insane things in history because the ramifications are so severe.
Chilling. Crazy. Thank goodness they lost. Where do they think they can personally go for safety when they burn down the earth to save it?
That also takes years.
Once again double speak from an opposite reality. This so called “deterrent” is ESCALATION of the worst kind.
Notice the frown on Lincoln’s face in the background.
This is probably one of those “let’s run it up the flagpole and see who salutes” situations. I doubt many are saluting.
Wow, these people are trying to turn us into crispy pork rinds.
That is not going to happen. Anyone providing Ukraine with nukes will face a straight out immediate nuclear attack stopping with nazi Ukraine. It’s not even a question. There’s no way Moscow will accept a Nazi bomb.
I would like to know the names of those 'several officials', if they truly suggested this.
Hope this reminds Trump to assign a couple of the tough fighters to protecting the laws over the use of nuclear weapons. Should remind him of the terrible consequences to humanity, itself, that future presidents could do when raised by these self-destructive liberals.
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