Posted on 09/21/2022 7:22:41 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
America will retaliate with 'a devastating strike' against Russia's military if Vladimir Putin uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine, the United States Army's former European commander has warned.
Retired Lieutenant General Ben Hodges today said any response by America 'may not be nuclear' but warned that if Putin were to use nukes in Ukraine that the US could look to 'destroy the Black Sea Fleet or destroy Russian bases in Crimea'.
His comments come after the Russian premier sent shockwaves around the world, as he announced the 'partial mobilization' of his reserve military forces to continue his murderous invasion of Ukraine.
And in a chilling warning directed squarely at Western and Nato leaders, desperate despot Putin insisted he would use 'all means' necessary to defend swathes of territory seized or set to be annexed by Kremlin forces before threatening to use nuclear weapons.
'If there is a threat to the territorial integrity of our country, and in protecting our people we will certainly use all means to us - and I'm not bluffing,' he then added during his televised address to the Russian people on Wednesday morning.
Gen Hodges, who commanded the US Army in Europe between 2014 and 2018, stressed the 'possibility' of Putin ordering a nuclear strike on Ukraine was 'very unlikely'.
But he said the use of any strategic weapons of mass destruction would be met with a swift and severe reaction from President Joe Biden.
'He [Putin] knows the US will have to respond if Russia uses a nuclear weapon,' Gen Hodges told MailOnline.
'The US response may not be nuclear...but could very well be a devastating strike that could, for example, destroy the Black Sea Fleet or destroy Russian bases in Crimea.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
“ We have extended our Nuclear Umbrella to Ukraine?”
It’s one of the top sources of funds to the DC elite’s bank accounts. That makes it much more important to the U.S. government than, say, Florida.
On a side note, is there any way we can just return to the Cold War? That seemed a much safer, more rational time.
1/4
Russia Advances in Bakhmut, Defends in North Donetsk; EU Leaders Split on Gas Crisis’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PGkz08hzSg
‘Russia ‘Encircling’ Bakhmut, Putin Sticks with SMO, Rebuffs Scholz, Macron’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RdTnaP5plk&t=5s
‘Russia Encirclement of Bakhmut, Parries Ukrainian Counterattacks; Putin, Modi & Xi Meet in Samarkand’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhyqhulOaKQ
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Just one of many that reported on these leaked Ukrainian documents put all over the net.
Unconfirmed leaked data from the Armed Forces of Ukraine General Staff:
- The AFU are only 43-48% complete;
- medical workers at the limit of their strength: the seriously wounded are transported to Europe;
- small arms and bulletproof vests are not enough;
https://twitter.com/Russ_Warrior/status/1555546218608365568
This is backed up by other reports.
And Ukraine reportedly lost up to 12k soldiers in the last week taking an area the size of Rhode Island while Russia has taken more land recently in Southern Ukraine.
Ukraine has lost at least 50% of its regular, trained people, and had no choice but to go all-in on an offensive attack.
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The Guardian, Democracy Now, and others reported that a mere 1,000 square kilometers were retaken by Ukraine, not Zel’s claimed 6000 sq km.
The BBC reported that about 1/5 of Ukraine has been conquered by Russia. So Ukrainians retaking 1km square kilometers of 1/5 of Ukraine turns out to be a paltry percentage (less than 1% to around 5% of what Russia has conquered) and especially paltry given that Russia has made recent advancements into areas of southern Ukraine.
Ukraine took back land the size of Rhode Island (as Russia took more land in the south) and Ukrainian leaders have said publicly they are “worried” if they can even keep it.
Zelensky Says Ukraine Has Retaken 6,000 Square KM, But Army “Worried” About Defending It
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What Ukraine did was throw it’s most capable and well armed troops, that NATO had been preparing for months, into a small area of the front.
Unverified reports on telegram say Ukrainian locals claim the soldiers in Kharkiv are English speaking NATO troops. Then there’s this article on
@cnn aying “volunteer” troops from the US are fighting for Ukraine and being paid by Ukraine- which is getting that money from the US.
The Dive With Jackson Hinkle
Zelensky is hiding the truth in Ukraine
English-speaking NATO troops in Kharkiv?
Strategic Ambiguity: There it goes!
Dumb clucks.
I-III:
What Biden sanctions against Russia are causing:
I.) Al Mayadeen English
9/16/22
Germany fears inevitable bankruptcy amid energy crisis
The Bundestag calls on the country to negotiate with Russia ‘with an open mind’, as anti-Russian sanctions begin to take their toll on the deteriorating economy and energy scarcity.
In a tweet on Thursday, German left-wing politician and chairman of the Bundestag committee on energy, Klaus Ernst, referenced statements by Chancellor Olaf Scholz that the sanctions should not hit Europe harder than Russia itself: “We have now imposed seven packages of sanctions and Gazprom is making record profits. At the same time, we are threatened with a wave of bankruptcies. Therefore: negotiate with Russia with an open mind”.
...
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/economics/germany-fears-inevitable-bankruptcy-amid-energy-crisis
II.)
Wave Of German Insolvencies Picks Up Speed…”Tenfold Increase in Gas, Electricity Prices”
III.)
European Union President Proposes Cutting Off Electricity to Consumers to ‘Flatten the Curve’
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4093184/posts
Always good to hear from the isolationist contingency
Look for references to the blog "Taxicab Depressions". The article is still online as of now.
I rate it as "for entertainment purposes only" as it contains no specific actionable details.
...Must not FedPoast....
Found it. Amazing article
The Democrats want Putin to do their dirty work...
‘The US response may not be nuclear...‘
Yeah a great big wide long RED line in the near future by our brain dead mumbling stumbling _resident Biden.
Has the mysterious “White House Staff” approved these statements?
Well, that does leave the critical Rainbow fleet unscathed!
I concur, the idiots are in charge and we are in grave danger and the warmongers are licking their chops at getting the Russians finally. However, the Russians will end up getting us in the end as well and the Chicoms will rule the world by getting us to take each other out, but by God we got Putin and the Russians!
Why not? Why doesn't Putin use nuclear blackmail to bring Ukraine to heel? Morally the USA HAD to nuke Japen to save US GI lives, right? Same - Same?
Surrendering to nuclear blackmail to a country that threatens to use it if their invasions are hindered, means the Western nations are forever under the control of Red China and Russia, and in time, to all the other countries that build up a nuke arsenal.
Yeah, where does he get the authority to say this?
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