Posted on 05/03/2025 9:48:38 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
WaPo and its allies would clearly like to "sow dysentery in the ranks" of Trump supporters. It never stops.
Agreed that not many are sure that Iran if armed with nukes would refrain from using them ASAP against us or Israel.
In Trump's critical negotiations with China, it may be that he thinks he cannot afford to be seen cutting Israel any slack on tariffs. Parity, period.
Yep...although I NEVER heard about that until later in life.
That’s where Trump puts all the nutty people, like Nikki Haley. With Trumps crew, we need a lot more ambassadors to the UN.
That is so incredibly stupid. He should be FIRED not moved to the UN. What a great place to put someone who was shown they will work behind your back to undermine you to help a foreign government.
It is OK to hold such talks IF, and only IF, you keep your boss apprised. The exception to this is if the boss wants deniability.
(stormfront is a better place for you)
I get my weather reports from my local news or my WeatherBug app.
I think this is total BS.
You don't attack without making a military plan.
And you don't get fired into the UN Ambassadorship.
Still whining about the Liberty? Almost 60 years ago? Yeah I know we lost brave Naval personnel, my father was serving in Norfolk VA at the time.
Remember Pearl Harbor? I think the Japanese are one of our greatest allies. Remember the “real Hitler?” yeah the Germans aren’t perfect but.. Allies
So when I see the bloody flag of the Liberty being waved, I smell anti-Zionism and maybe anti-Semitism.
Remember Pearl Harbor? I think the Japanese are one of our greatest allies. Remember the “real Hitler?” yeah the Germans aren’t perfect but.. Allies
And who are the enemies now? The very countries we helped to defeat Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan: China and Russia.
More American Air Defense Is on the Way to Help Ukraine
FTA——Ukraine is getting more help in its war with Russia. A Patriot air-defense system that was based in Israel will be sent to Ukraine after it is refurbished, four current and former U.S. officials said in recent days, and Western allies are discussing the logistics of Germany or Greece giving another one.
A year ago, allies struggled to answer Mr. Zelensky’s demand for seven Patriot systems. Although Ukraine now has eight, only six are functioning. The other two are being refurbished, one of the U.S. officials said. With the one from Israel, and one from Germany or Greece, Ukraine would have 10 Patriot systems in total, largely to protect the capital, Kyiv.
US sending dozens of Patriot missiles from Israel to Ukraine
The U.S. military transferred around 90 Patriot air defense interceptors from storage in Israel to Poland this week in order to deliver them to Ukraine, three sources with knowledge of the operation tell Axios. Getting more Patriot missiles to Ukraine has been a top priority for the Pentagon to help Kyiv defend against Russia’s attacks on its critical infrastructure.
This is also the most significant delivery of weapons from Israel to Ukraine since the Russian invasion almost three years ago. Last April, the Israeli Air Force officially decommissioned the Patriot air defense system, more than 30 years after it was first given to Israel during the first Gulf War. The system became less relevant as Israel developed its own munition industry developed air defense systems, and most Patriot batteries were used for training or left in storage. The sources tell Axios that after the IDF announced the decommissioning, Ukrainian officials approached the U.S. and Israel with an idea: Israel would give those missiles back to the U.S. to be refurbished and sent on to Ukraine
For several months, Israel dragged its feet out of concern Russia would retaliate, perhaps by supplying sophisticated weapons to Iran. A Ukrainian official tells Axios Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to take his calls on that issue for weeks. But in late September, Netanyahu finally approved the idea, an Israeli official says. At the time, Netanyahu wanted to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in order to get his approval for ultra-Orthodox Israelis to make an annual pilgrimage to the city of Uman in Ukraine, where a famous Rabbi is buried.
Zelensky wouldn’t take his call until Netanyahu approved the Patriot deal, the Ukrainian official says. A spokesperson for Netanyahu told Axios the prime minister didn’t object to the decommissioning of the Patriot system and its return to the U.S. and denied any connection between this and the pilgrimage. The Pentagon declined to comment for this story, as did a spokesperson for U.S. European Command.
A senior Israeli official told me Israel informed Russia in advance of the move and stressed it was “only returning the Patriot system to the U.S.” and not supplying weapons to Ukraine. The official said Israel told Russia it was a similar move to the one the U.S. made two years ago when it transferred artillery shells from emergency storage in Israel to Ukraine. A spokesperson for the Israeli prime minister’s office confirmed a Patriot system had been returned to the U.S., adding “it is not known to us whether it was delivered to Ukraine.”
In recent days, U.S. Air Force C-17 planes arrived at an air base in southern Israel and departed for Rzeszów in Eastern Poland, a hub for moving weapons into Ukraine. The sources said the flight transferred roughly 90 patriot interceptors that can be used by Ukraine with its current patriot batteries. The flights carried around 90 interceptors, which Ukraine can use with its current batteries. Additional equipment, like radars and other gear, will first be transferred to the U.S. to be refurbished. Zelensky and Netanyahu spoke Tuesday, and Zelensky tweeted that they had discussed the release of the hostages as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal.
“We also discussed maintaining close contact with partners, particularly the United States and President Trump. We addressed current bilateral matters and agreed to maintain close contact in the near future,” Zelensky added.
He would have known about it, even if he wasn’t responsible for it. It is a very small government.
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