Posted on 04/11/2025 3:32:10 AM PDT by McGruff
Ukraine’s key allies are meeting in Brussels on Friday with a noticeable absence at the table: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is only attending virtually.
The Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which was created by former US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during the Biden administration, is a group of roughly 50 nations that meet regularly to discuss bolstering military support for Ukraine.
It will mark the first time a US defense secretary has not attended the meeting in person since the group was established in 2022 just months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which comes amid a series of policy shifts by the Trump administration seen as moving closer to Moscow.
Top Trump official Steve Witkoff arrived in St. Petersburg on Friday for negotiations with Russia, according to the Kremlin.
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Hegseth, who is only attending virtually.
and he problem is?
I don't want my SecDef anywhere near that place. If the Euros have something to say they can call him though I don't support him dealing with Europe on my dime either.
Wasn’t Pete threatened with death by Ukraine?
Hegseth should notify them there is no path to victory in Ukraine and to prepare to accept what ever peace plan Russia agrees to.
Maybe if he shows up as a fully armed drone and hovers over his seat at the head of the table, our allies will listen to what his virtual presence has to say.
“The Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which was created by former US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during the Biden administration... “
Then un-create it. Should be easy enough.
Sounds about right for 50 countries put together by Austin, while Trump’s envoy meets with Putin on the very same day.
He has better things to do than travel to hang with a bunch of ineffectual blowhards...with today’s technologies - it’s a waste for folks to travel to a lot of these meetings...
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The Euros are at Step One, beginning to notice there is a thing going on at the Russia Ukraine border.
We have let them know that we have other things to do.
They can work it out.
“The man has a 24/7 job, here, fixing our fubarabar [and beyond all recognition] DOD”
Agree - he’s trying to figure out if we have any tanks and air defense systems left, given what we sent to Ukraine. And when he doesn’t find any, he’s going to be forced to beg to Congress to build new ones.
Actually, all the Europeans will talk about is sending troops there to officially kick off WW3, and Pete will want nothing to do with it - so much easier to be virtual, perhaps with some ‘technical glitches’.
Starmer seems to be blustering about sending troops and uncertain, but especially Macron seems to be for real about sending Frog troops into WWIII.
Hegseth has no interest in either of them or their bullsht.
I had to look twice at who posted this (you know who I mean).
We need a category ‘enemy’ or ‘propaganda’ ‘surveillance’.
cnn will never change. Our enemies remain hard at work, and they’re regrouping.
I'd prefer they just cancel the group.
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