Please keep these troops, and possibly others to come, in mind as they go in harms way.
Correction before I get crucified. Not all out of Bragg.
Correction before I get crucified. Not all out of Bragg.
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Sistema1927
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If I said anything more than the fact that I am praying for both the people of Ukraine as well as our troops I would get a ban. 
Heightened Alert not deployed...last I knew.
For fear of being dinged, all I can say is may God keep and bless them.
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If I said anything more than the fact that I am praying for both the people of Ukraine as well as our troops I would get a ban.
Yeah, I know.
Some of my former colleagues just got sent home from Kyiv. That said, the State Department has often been excessively cautious. No one wants to get our people Benghazied.
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AJ
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Up to 8,500 U.S. troops on heightened alert in case of Russian move on Ukraine
Some may already be there. The Pentagon does things like that. They say they are getting the troops ready to deploy, when in fact they already have boots on the ground. Don't want the opposition to know exactly when is going on. I have seen this before.
Some may already be there. The Pentagon does things like that. They say they are getting the troops ready to deploy, when in fact they already have boots on the ground. Don't want the opposition to know exactly when is going on. I have seen this before.
100,000 Russian troops vs 8,500 from 82nd Airborne? Sounds fair.
Sistema1927
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We have a young man from Ukraine, studying at the local university, who attends our church. Week before last, his parents visited. They told me that they live 30 miles from the Russian border. Wondering just how far a "minor incursion" is.
Yes - the 82nd will be sober.
Here's a map of the disputed area, Donetsk, Donbas. https://external-content.duckduckgo...raine_map_(disputed_territory).png&f=1&nofb=1
StakeOut
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Hurting aggressors economically is often a more effective action.
If we were still energy independent and had the surplus to supply European allies with oil and gas it would severely hurt the aggressors oil based economy.
The same strategy could be used for current aggressor in the South China Sea with a boycott of goods made there including those beginning with the letter i.
If we were still energy independent and had the surplus to supply European allies with oil and gas it would severely hurt the aggressors oil based economy.
The same strategy could be used for current aggressor in the South China Sea with a boycott of goods made there including those beginning with the letter i.
Ukraine is not a member of NATO. Troops on alert (they are not deployed) will be handed over to NATO if deployed. Ivan the Terrible Putin does not want Ukraine to join NATO, hence his latest actions. The NATO troops, if deployed, will not go to Ukraine because Ukraine is not part of NATO, they would go to adjoining countries and hang out for a while. At the end of the day, Putin gets what he wants, everyone else comes off as complete incompetents, and China takes Taiwan while nobody's paying attention. Just another day in DC.
Doesn't seem to be going that well there either. I had a former coworker on that one and the stuff in the article (notably from the non political army times) echoes his complaints. Law enforcement for LE problems, soldiers for military problems.
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Will American in Ukraine be able to get out?
Well, if any US citizens don't get on a plane in short order and Russia does invade the Ukraine, I suggest they are to dumb for me to care about. Kinda like the nit wits who went for a hike along Iran's border. When you know the manure is fixing to hit the propellers big time and don't head out or at the very least get your family out you are on your own as far as I am concerned.
Plus, if we do send in troops they will be expected to treat the Russians with the utmost respect, no calling them Ivans or anything else in the least bit derogatory and heavens forbid anyone that is not in a complete Russian regulation uniform with their hat on and all the buttons buttoned should get injured in anyway.
Plus, if we do send in troops they will be expected to treat the Russians with the utmost respect, no calling them Ivans or anything else in the least bit derogatory and heavens forbid anyone that is not in a complete Russian regulation uniform with their hat on and all the buttons buttoned should get injured in anyway.
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