The Biden administration is pushing the United States into war against Russia to protect Washington DC’s political and financial interests in Ukraine. None of this is a surprise as both Republican and Democrat politicians in DC continue to use Ukraine as a money laundering operation for key U.S. stakeholders.
Today Joe Biden announced he is sending 31 ‘Abram Tanks’ from the U.S. arsenal into Ukraine to further push the United States into direct conflict with Russia. The potential for direct U.S. military engagement in Ukraine is now just a matter of formality, as the Abram’s tanks will be accompanied by military advisors, trainers, and the processes to sustain and maintain them on the battlefield. WATCH:
[Transcript] – […] “today, I’m announcing that the United States will be sending 31 Abram tanks to Ukraine, the equivalent of one Ukrainian battalion.
Secretary Austin has recommended this step because it will enhance the Ukraine’s capacity to defend its territory and achieve its strategic objectives.
The Abrams tanks are the most capable tanks in the world. They’re also extremely complex to operate and maintain, so we’re also giving Ukraine the parts and equipment necessary to effectively sustain these tanks on the battlefield.
And we begi- — we’ll begin to train the Ukrainian troops on these issues of sustainment, logistics, and maintenance as soon as possible. Delivering these tanks to the field is going to take time, time that we’ll see — we’ll use to make sure the Ukrainians are fully prepared to integrate the Abram tanks into their defenses.
We also closely coordinated this announcement with our Allies. (read more)
We are being pushed into a war that few Americans want.
This is getting out of hand mostly because the Russians are defeating Ukraine in the war. Without the U.S. operators and material involved, Ukraine cannot win. However, the Biden administration view Ukraine as a U.S. proxy in Europe, and as such all of the corrupt DC systems are in alignment to continue escalating this conflict.
This is happening against the backdrop of Ukraine officials being caught stealing money given to Ukraine to fight the war.
None of this is good, and it is likely to get worse.
WASHINGTON DC – […] The decision to provide the tanks marks a stunning reversal for the Biden administration, which had previously argued they would be of little benefit to Ukraine.
But the decision to send the Abrams tanks helped get Germany to move forward with a separate effort to provide Leopard tanks to Ukraine, which the U.S. had seen as benefitting Kyiv.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Wednesday that Berlin would send Leopard tanks to Ukraine and allow for other European nations to also send the German-made tanks to Kyiv. (more)
They are so sending us to war – no more proxy, they’ll be US troops openly fighting if TPTB get their way.
The powers that be do not care about the deaths of young men. They are being sacrificed on the altar of the military-industrial money-laundering complex, just as they have been in all wars.
We are being pushed into a war and most Americans don’t even recognize war is imminent … because, as with the mRNA therapy jabs, the truth is suppressed until,it is too late to change course.
Of all the nations on earth I would consider personally fighting to defend, Ukraine is last, tied with China. So, of course, the brilliant Donkey Party and its useful RINO idiots is willing to risk world annihalation on behalf of the Ukraine Nazi corruptocrats.
That pretty much sums it up. Spot on.
Russia can not back off because of the Bioweapons. U.S. Bioweapons expert has seen the proof.
Government websites and documents openly admit running bioweapons labs in Ukraine
https://www.brighteon.com/fbd92ee8-71f2-4332-9522-a18bb3a13a59
In the beginning of the Ukrainian BS we seen exactly where Russia was bombing (bio labs) that our government denied yet the embassy in Kiev had a huge burn pile destroying all the evidence.
Then Victoria Knuland admitted we have them and of course Russia knew exactly where they were because they use to be run by Russia.
Our government has over 200 biological labs thru out the world and health reasoning is not what they are for.
Russia has had very strange illnesses on there border for years and they know exactly what and who is behind it.
Then to add to it all.
UN had a vote on whether to investigate the material that Russia found in the Bio Labs and presented to the UN.
US, NATO and EU countries voted….NO.
If we were indeed running bioweapons labs there, then I hope Putin blasts the hell out of them. He doesn’t want them on his border. Who could blame him?
Just in case you missed it. Biden had thanking giving with the founder of the Carlyle Group.
The above is a video, almost one hour long, about the bioweapons. If you were the U.S. government developing bioweapons. What would you be willing to do, to keep your secret.
High-flying venture capital firm Carlyle Group cashes in when the tanks roll, writes Jamie Doward..
https*//rense.com/general36/fat.htm
It’s the ideal way to stop a column of tanks roaring across Europe
United Defense Pays Off for Carlyle
http*//www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2002/05/13/united-defense-pays-off-for-carlyle/3c964d19-275e-48ef-b5bb-f1483c396377/
Russia made several reports about them to the UN already including presenting documented evidence
Americans are like sheep. They need to wake up and wander outside the pen.
Believe me, this is sooooo true. At the hospitals in my area, they are still wearing masks and are now asking whether or not you have had the clot shot, so the government knows your vax status. Dogs.
It’s not the people. It’s their leadership. But, the leadership is like ticks (галочк) – hard to remove.
Money is a powerful incentive. Keep those laundered dollars flowing into the Demrat coffers. 🤬
What if all of us told them where to go? We ain’t gonna fight your wars no more! You fight the war if you want one uniparty, send your pampered kids to Ukraine to fight and die. These arrogant political elite sob’s have to be stopped by any means necessary.
NO US military men or women should be in Ukraine. NONE!!!
-Except the likes of the Millies.
Just US mercs like the Russian mercs Trump killed that time.
Or contractors or C_A but they have been there.
This should also include U.S. citizens and X military personnel who went over to Ukraine.
U.S. military is already in the Ukraine.
I suggest we just send Stacey Abrams to Ukraine 31 times.
Internet winner!
An A1 idea.
As woke and trangendered as our military at all levels have become–esp more so since they dishonorable discharged all those with a brain and conscience who refused the jab–I can’t say this a 100% totally bad idea.
I mean no disrespect to Treepers here, esp those with actively serving family members: It IS bad for those patriot families with patriot sons and daughters in the military.
We can only hope–and may God forgive me for this–that Russia lays waste to Ukraine with a huge land and air offensive before the Patriot missile defense batteries are up and running and the ground thaws in the north (spring mud will grind most land vehicles to a halt).
These things could save our sons and daughters from bloody war–but the price would be high: the nation of Ukraine would cease to exist as anything other than a rump state firmly under russian control, and the loss of life on both sides would be astounding.
“……..the nation of Ukraine would cease to exist as anything other than a rump state firmly under russian control, and the loss of life on both sides would be astounding.”
True, and it should be noted that Ukraine has been under some form of heavy Russian control and influence for most of it’s history. For us the tragedy is the loss of life on all sides. For our politicians their greatest casualty would be the loss of their money laundering underground economy, rife with kickbacks and corruption making them filthy rich. They obviously don’t care about the loss of life, hence the battle continues.
I am willing to reach a compromise: if any military personnel have worn a Ukraine flag pin, posted on social media with a Ukraine flag or I Stand With Ukraine verbiage, or have “thumbs upped” sending billions of dollars to Ukraine then I think that they should be sent over first.
Let them fight this war that they love so much.
is there ONE? even ONE military commander brave enough to stand up for the oath of office they have taken to protect the republic and the Constitution? where are they?
How about 1 US Senator?
Any gentlemen of concience in the upper echelons of our military have pretty much all been removed starting with the Obama presidency, then through a process of attrition ending with the Clot Shot madness.
i get that.
but surely there are still a few remaining mid-level Colonels or something who could receive the order to defend the republic, say YESSIR, and then load his boys and gear onto a plane headed for the southern border… or a man can dream right? maybe the beltway? 😉
always remember, and the same applies to us civilians as well – one person refusing to comply or stand down is a criminal. millions refusing is a movement.
this fascism all falls apart the moment that movement is shown to have the will and resolve of the people.
I’ve met several high level officers that have said they would, without hesitation, put the uniform back on and return to service if they were ever called to do so.
There is not a one and we seen the other day with that female Army officer who is giddy to send our children to die just like every slaughter offering.
They just don’t give two 💩
Only those Generals like Mark Hertling. Colonel MacGregor is another good source. Both are retired. Hertling had a Twitter thread couple days ago explaining why we should NOT send Abrams.
Current Generals seem to be more concerned with keeping their stars.
They are just going to be destroyed the moment Russia sees them.
Yes, another way they have chosen to diminish the population.
its actually a pretty effective way to keep drawing down our inventory… just wait until the moment any gear crosses the border, and boom.
i know Russia is smarter than this, but technically speaking, they are legitimate military targets WHEREVER in the world they are, now that they’ve been committed.
True, but they’ve kept it pretty sanitary so far, limiting the reduction process to the Banderista kill box.
It is like he promised China that he would make sure America couldn’t fight a war for Taiwan.
Purge Patriots. Check.
Enlist tuti fruitis. Check.
Make it so no one else wants to join. Check.
Draw down weapons stocks. Check.
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get them in another wae. check.
Draw down fuel supplies. Check
LOL….not a well thought out comment….what in the world makes you think we ever plan to commit land forces in a Taiwan-PRC conflict…….we would be using our navy and air assets to prevent landings and resupply LIKELY with Japanese and Australian assistance and possibly even Vietnamese harassment on the flanks
Yes, they will. They will see them on the train and it’s that simple.
Or wind up in their Patriot Park with the rest of the trophies they have captured. They have quite an inventory…..
Or like one of the so called state of the art piece of equipment – I believe it was from France– they captured. They tore it apart…published ratings about it ….and then made comments about…send better equipment.
We should start a date pool on how long it takes for the first Abrams to be eliminated.
With the type of fuel it takes-gonna make one heck of a fireball.
It’s all just absolute madness. Total madness 😠.
With apologies to CCR. How many senator’s sons will be going?
Where are all these old Hippies who opposed wars? Why aren’t they speaking out.
There is going to be an anti-war, anti-NATO protest in DC in February (I think the 25th). If there are any in my area, I will join the old hippies with my own sign. “Conservatives Against War”
Leave your fone at home. Pay cash for a burner if you must and purchase it away from you home state.
They found out they can make Money of of them! It used to be Make Love not War now it’s Make War Make Billions!
They’ve become war hawks. There is big money in war.
Dying from clot shots, I imagine……..
War is good when a Dem is President. 90% of my neighbors keep telling me it isn’t Biden’s fault. Trump started it.
Maybe it’s time to move to a better neighborhood?
Have you considered moving?
In other countries there have been anti war protests.
I predict many more and larger ones in the near future.
Mycroft: Credence Clearwater Revival? That’s my best guess.
vikingmom: Thanks! Back from when rock was good.
Hunter Biden could always re-up.
He would finally work for money in Ukraine.
HB is in the checkout lane. Years of drug abuse.
Send all those who are members of BLM and Antifa since they want to destroy so badly.
This is happening because the globalists wish it so.
The question is why.
How does a war with Russia advance the globalist cause?
just off the top of my head, though.
Russia has to accept the United Nations one world Government with Xi as the supreme ruler.
War has been a means to gain massive profits plus control for many decades in the modern western world.
Putin will destroy every one of those Abram tanks.
Inshallah.
I hope they do
Of which, you, others, and I paid for….
You know if Russia had launched one of those 15 minute or less, uninterruptible missiles into the WEF conference, I would not have had any hard feelings nor shed any tears. JUST SAYING………………
My thoughts to say that but but !!!! We agree
With you on that not one tear . just a big smile. Have a great day Murray
We were once told to make ourselves scarce because one of our team leaders was getting fired so we all went to get ice cream to celebrate. If Russia had hit the conference with a missile, I would not feel bad or shed a tear. I would get ice cream.
Madness.
“One battalion …” You must be joking, right?
Most likely 31 of the 200 the Marines had.
So they have to go to Afghanistan to get them?
USMC fields 400 Abrams
Kroesus: USMC got rid of their tanks as part of their reorientation toward a war with China after the GWOT (Global War on Terror) came to an end (we ran out of cavemen to bomb).
31 tanks is about the size M Company was. Attached to the 3/11th ACR. This was back ’88 – ’90. They were an over-sized company. Shared our barracks. I was in 58th CEC and we were over – sized. Over 250 folks in our company. We had 3 platoons of M113A3 APC’s, a CEV ( Combat Engineer Vehicle) platoon, and our HQ platoon.
typical armored company is 12 vehicles…crew + support is included for manning requirements
31 tanks is a small battalion
Thanks for your service.
Premeditated genocide by our selected leaders.
Buffoons – one and all
Dolts
“…Without the U.S. operators and material involved, Ukraine cannot win. ”
That’s right. It’s going to be spam in those cans and everyone knows it.
Gonzalo went over the “contractor thing” a few days ago. Ivan has the tool box and we don’t. Putin is also a raving liberal when compared to the guys standing right next to him that have skin in the WWII game.
It’s Sputnik #2, folks. The Red Team in the House better get involved with the whole issue of AUMF pretty damn soon.
Medvedev was asked what would happen in the event of Russia losing in Ukraine. He responded:
“Then there will be nuclear war. Those who have instigated this war would then be some of the victims of it.”
Exactly. Because Medvedev and every sane military person knows you don’t use nuclear weapons when u r winning a war–who wants to win a nuclear wasteland??
U only use nuclear weapons when you have nothing left to lose and you want to make your enemies inherit as much of a corpse as possible.
In short: nuclear weapons are DEFENSIVE weapons, not OFFENSIVE.
I am grateful that the U.S. is our neighbour to the south.
That said…the D.C. crowd may very well send us all into a tailspin.
Our neighbourhood has a significant number of Canadians of Russian descent.
Their take is significantly different from anything heard on Western propaganda networks.
I saddens me to say this, but the U.S.A may get into a situation they may come to regret.
Whereas many Americans view the Ukraine fiasco as a novelty, and an abstract.
The Russians view this as a fight for their very survival.
We’ll see..
Many here want Putin to crush the Bidenistas.
It’s too bad he won’t be harmed. Just the innocents.
Cheers!
Bidenistas and Banderistas, a match made in Hell.
The architects of Humanity’s doom have chosen well their nihilistic front men, whose foul corruption is so great that pulling the entire world down over their heads cannot hide it from Heaven, yet they seem determined to pursue the attempt.
One of the more tragic realizations is that all our Western media lie about everything.
Although far from unique Greater Vancouver B.C. is home to an interesting mix of immigrants ( I am one)
IMO many in the U.S.A. tend to see things by way of their media and or entertainment 😏 industries spin.
Here on any given day, one can run into a first generation German, Dutch,Pole, Czech, Punjabi, Lebanese, Mainland Chinese, H.K. Chinese, Korean, Russian, Serb, Croat, etc etc. in a store, on a walk around town, or in a coffee shop.
Many of these folks have witnessed war..firsthand.
Some in places where the U.S.A. were a large part of the conflict.
For many younger Americans or Canadians war never truly threatened their way of life.
Of course, thousands of decent American military folks died or were maimed working for the M.I.C. and corruptocrats the world over.
Yet the war beat from the likes of the Cheney’s and Bolton’s goes on and on.
Cheers!
How many Chinese troops in British Columbia?
Hmmmmmm. How many indeed?
It may be good to remember that not far short of 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the U.S. border. and over 80% of our trade is with Uncle Sam.
He says jump, or beg and the Canadian government does.
Cheers!
They were training on Salt Spring Island here in British Columbia, were rumoured to be training at a military base in Ontario last summer.
We are a lead by a puppet of
Obama now Biden.
Our Canadian government does whatever the U.S. demands..or else!
However we have zero influence on World Affairs..and essentially no military and are totally dependent on the good grace of Uncle Sam.
Cheers!
So, what is actually in the Ukraine? Can’t be just funneling money. 🤔
Some of the best farmland in the world.
And a whole lot of human trafficking, especially children. Or so I’ve read.
Yes. As the old saying goes, war is a racket.
biolabs, massive amounts of human trafficking for all manner of things, arms dealing, the globalists laundry, etc.
Yep. Wasn’t the first thing the Russian did was go to the biolabs?
Same thing Hitler wanted: access to oil fields in Crimea. If im recalling my geography correctly, Crimea also offers Russia a warm water port and a huge role for any nations needing the Black Sea for trade.
For decades EU and NATO have been trying to break up Russia divide it and share the natural resources which Russia has.
If people look at a map they will see the countries that NATO has allowed to join. With that comes missiles closer to Russian borders.
Russia and BRICS are a threat to WEF and their globalization plans. If they were to succeed in breaking up Russia….they would be closer to China borders….and China is smart enough to know that they would be next.
That is why all the talk about Ukraine and joining NATO was happening.
A pointless gesture that won’t change the outcome.
It’s as useless as trying to train the Ukrainians to operate the Patriot missile system, which takes months to learn.
This war is essentially over and The Cabal lost.
Unless they will keep all this equipment and weapons in Poland for Poland to launch an offensive of its own. The leader of Poland is insane and has delusions of grandeur. At that point, NATO might become fully involved and then catastrophe for the world.
Yes. Agree.
Recently the same guy who made the comment on Twitter–Thanks USA– when Nordstream was blown up made comments recently that Poland had drawn up plans the first 10 days regarding the division of Ukraine that would go to Poland.
And then when his ties to the White House are taken in to consideration……
Stolen elections have consequences!
Catastrophic consequences.
Stolen elections produce victims… Just like bad ideas.
The globalists have been caught with their fingers on the clot shot and they intend to burn it all down camped out in their bunkers while the rest of us perish. This is how they escape justice. My hope is a group of special forces survive to take out the globalists when they think they are safe.
This is also interesting in a number of ways. What the hell is their endgame, exactly? To have the US do the heavy work alone. FFS…
Just tell us when the MIC has cleaned out all their obsolete war equipment, and when the factories go 24/7 to update the arsenal, all funded by yours truly. Another money laundering operation.
Faker then the Convid-19 Hoax. All players involved. After everything weve been through, I dont know why some people cant see it.
Thy love them some scapegoats.
Wow . I just had Barry McGuire “Eve of Destruction” playing on YouTube.
Now add “Masters of War” by Dylan.
For the list . Black Sabbath singing “War Pigs” . i like my Ozzy.
Let’s hope that Putin is the adult in the room.
He’s not. He is the one who invaded Ukraine in the first place.
You new here?
After 14 years of ukrainians shelling and terrorizing Russians living in SE ukraine; after the US staged a coup of the Ukraine government in 2014; after the US military establish bio weapon facilities in ukraine, one less than 25 km from Russia’s borders; after multiple broken treaties by US and NATO re: Ukraine neutrality post USSR–russia did the only thing it could do and what we would have done if any of this happened to us.
Put a sock in it and read up on REAL history, Sparky.
sparky…ukr. troops been killing russian speaking ukrainians for 8 yrs…2014-2022 and killed 14,000 of them ..where you been in the basement of CNN HQ ??? sparky…
Lol. I’d love to watch Putin ‘save’ you.
He’s the only one.
Now is the time to flood the offices of your senators and reps with calls and emails demanding that they stop this insanity. Ukraine is the most corrupt country in Europe. their military is filled with Nazis, their national hero was a war criminal, and US tax dollars are being stolen by the corrupt people at the top.
Our government has lied us into too many wars. None of their kids go to fight in these wars, but the politicians and the MIC certainly get rich from them. Do not give your senators and reps any rest. Ask your family and friends to contact these warmongers as well. Nuland and Blinken should be fired
Bring US troops home and put them on the southern border to stop that invasion. Stop provoking Russia and China before they get us into a nuclear war that could kill a third of the world’s population.
actually they want to kill off 90% of the population.get the world down to 500 million give or take.
‘Now is the time to flood the offices of your senators and reps with calls and emails demanding that they stop this insanity.’ – Pat
Emailed them this morning, just before “Biden’s” announcement. Soon I will follow up with letters on paper, franked with 63-cent stamps. (Yes, we have no inflation.)
Afghanistan was a war that could be held at a slow burn indefinitely. War in Ukraine is different. It is escalating fast as a couple of dozen players pile in.
‘Yes man’ Def Sec Austin was reported to oppose sending tanks just a couple of weeks ago. Today he stood behind “Biden” as this fateful decision was announced. In reality, ‘Raytheon’ Austin stands for nothing, except keeping the defense contractors’ gravy train running while Americans get sold down the river.
I propose we take the the value of the arms provided to the terrorists in Afghanastan out of the operating budget of the Pentagon. What was it, 80 billion?
I further propose that the budgeting for the DOD be drastically reduced until an accounting is made of all DoD expemditures associated with the government arms grifting operations.
I know, the chance of getting some minor level of accountability with regards to defense is slim to none.
I read somewhere today. That Putin made an offer to the Taliban to buy some of those arms.
These bastards are gonna get a lot of people killed.
You think? At least 300,000 unexplained deaths in the US since the clamari clot shot was forced upon us.
That 300,000 is not nearly enough for them
“Scientists” can tell us how a mummy died 10,000 years ago but cant tell us how people are dying now?
“Unexplained Deaths” becoming #1 cause of death in 2022 in Canada, Australia, and Europe.
The Science has recently changed, lets hope they do not change it even further.
I’ve heard folks not mind if the criminals get offed accidentally.
Meet Vagner & Co.
Abram Tank say hello to the 9M133 Kornet. LOL.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/how-russias-kornet-missile-threatens-natos-tanks-198919
Yep. We haven’t yet seen Russia’s top military in action yet.
Excellent article…thanks truthbomb..:0)
Through over 40 years of enmity and cold war, both the United States and the Soviet Union were scrupulously careful not to devolve into open conflict FOR VERY GOOD REASONS.
This is insane.
and I am reading now they are wanting our 4-16s next.
https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2023/01/25/ukraine-sets-sights-on-western-fighter-jets-immediately-after-securing-tanks/
Ukraine will push for deliveries of Western-made 4th generation fighter jets next after winning a bid to secure Western tanks Wednesday, a top adviser for the defense minister told Reuters.
mean while Putins ships are circling America….
FJB
I remember when American “ leaders” used to talk about the vital interests of the U.S.
Goodness me..vital interests in the Ukraine 😟
All the while Ms Zelensky spends thousands on a shopping trip in Paris..😏
I despise War 🐖
War is a crime against man and God.
Do you have sons? I do. I despise politicians who abuse our military and send our sons in harms way for their own enrichment.
May these leaders rot in hell.
Great. Another day, another war. Think the Russians are going to just sit back and put up with this?
Me neither.
The military industrial complex is applauding.
I said multiple times months ago, our sons and daughters will be fighting at the Russian front…….think about it, our children are going to get shipped off to the Russian front. I detest Uniparty politics and despise that blithering idiot in the White House.
Did I miss the declaration of war?
Here it is:
New York Times
May 2, 1998
Foreign Affairs; Now a Word From X by Thomas L. Friedman
“His voice is a bit frail now, but the mind, even at age 94, is as sharp as ever. So when I reached George Kennan by phone to get his reaction to the Senate’s ratification of NATO expansion it was no surprise to find that the man who was the architect of America’s successful containment of the Soviet Union and one of the great American statesmen of the 20th century was ready with an answer.
”I think it is the beginning of a new cold war,” said Mr. Kennan from his Princeton home. ”I think the Russians will gradually react quite adversely and it will affect their policies. I think it is a tragic mistake. There was no reason for this whatsoever. No one was threatening anybody else. This expansion would make the Founding Fathers of this country turn over in their graves. We have signed up to protect a whole series of countries, even though we have neither the resources nor the intention to do so in any serious way. [NATO expansion] was simply a light-hearted action by a Senate that has no real interest in foreign affairs.”
”What bothers me is how superficial and ill informed the whole Senate debate was,” added Mr. Kennan, who was present at the creation of NATO and whose anonymous 1947 article in the journal Foreign Affairs, signed ”X,” defined America’s cold-war containment policy for 40 years. ”I was particularly bothered by the references to Russia as a country dying to attack Western Europe. Don’t people understand? Our differences in the cold war were with the Soviet Communist regime. And now we are turning our backs on the very people who mounted the greatest bloodless revolution in history to remove that Soviet regime.
”And Russia’s democracy is as far advanced, if not farther, as any of these countries we’ve just signed up to defend from Russia,” said Mr. Kennan, who joined the State Department in 1926 and was U.S. Ambassador to Moscow in 1952. ”It shows so little understanding of Russian history and Soviet history. Of course there is going to be a bad reaction from Russia, and then [the NATO expanders] will say that we always told you that is how the Russians are — but this is just wrong.”
One only wonders what future historians will say. If we are lucky they will say that NATO expansion to Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic simply didn’t matter, because the vacuum it was supposed to fill had already been filled, only the Clinton team couldn’t see it. They will say that the forces of globalization integrating Europe, coupled with the new arms control agreements, proved to be so powerful that Russia, despite NATO expansion, moved ahead with democratization and Westernization, and was gradually drawn into a loosely unified Europe. If we are unlucky they will say, as Mr. Kennan predicts, that NATO expansion set up a situation in which NATO now has to either expand all the way to Russia’s border, triggering a new cold war, or stop expanding after these three new countries and create a new dividing line through Europe.
But there is one thing future historians will surely remark upon, and that is the utter poverty of imagination that characterized U.S. foreign policy in the late 1990’s. They will note that one of the seminal events of this century took place between 1989 and 1992 — the collapse of the Soviet Empire, which had the capability, imperial intentions and ideology to truly threaten the entire free world. Thanks to Western resolve and the courage of Russian democrats, that Soviet Empire collapsed without a shot, spawning a democratic Russia, setting free the former Soviet republics and leading to unprecedented arms control agreements with the U.S.
And what was America’s response? It was to expand the NATO cold-war alliance against Russia and bring it closer to Russia’s borders.
Yes, tell your children, and your children’s children, that you lived in the age of Bill Clinton and William Cohen, the age of Madeleine Albright and Sandy Berger, the age of Trent Lott and Joe Lieberman, and you too were present at the creation of the post-cold-war order, when these foreign policy Titans put their heads together and produced . . . a mouse.
We are in the age of midgets. The only good news is that we got here in one piece because there was another age — one of great statesmen who had both imagination and courage.
As he said goodbye to me on the phone, Mr. Kennan added just one more thing: ”This has been my life, and it pains me to see it so screwed up in the end.””…….
Rest in the Vine: George F. Kennan and …
He sums it up pretty well.
I agree with him 100%.
Great response Gipper, that was a powerful article. Bookmarked.
We used another proxy for that:
He told Zelensky they can be picked up in Kabul.
This is the point where someone must stand up and ask who is actually running this administration and making these decisions.
prediction: ukr “troops” untrained in this highly complex weapon platform will have their asses handed to them as they attempt to maneuver in city/urban environments. (and also experience a high rate of platform maintenance failures).
also predicting: these platforms do not perform well in highly saturated and muddy conditions, and again inexperience crews will spend most of the time towed.
also predicting: these are NOT defensive weapons platforms. And that is a big deal, because as they enter the combat zones, this will provoke Russia in ways that all other weapons supplied to UKR have not. There is a very strong possibility that UKR will use these systems to go cross border. When that happens, the real war of hell begins and there will be serious consequences to western european states…
this is a very foolish and dangerous escalating decision.
the joe malarkey regime is yet again proving it will not stop putting american national security at the highest risks.
noting: anyone bother to check on the nuclear war clock. It was readjusted recently. I suspect this decision will trigger another readjustment of that clock. (it is a theoretical threat clock, but the logic is reasonable and has been consistently managed…for reference: When President Trump was in office, the clock was pushed BACK!
God Bless America
stay frosty.
also noting: the abrams platform requires about 18 months of full time training for a crew. This is not just training for the crew, but also the maintenance and logistics as well as the strategies perfected for this platform. (my brother is armored infantry with combat experience in this platform as well as the bradley fighting vehicle). In those 18 mos, the typical cycle involves at least two long duration real live fire excercises with orange and blue forces (with white hat umpiring)..this involves actual opposition forces with real weapons, also highly trained. In at least two different combat environments: sand and winter/water training. There are no short cuts with this training. All US military crews MUST complete these courses of instruction and training and meet the highest demonstration of readiness. Failure even in a single factor, means that crew is not deployable, not combat ready as they say.
this is a grave mistake that will cause many lives and a waste of us arsenal and it will lead to an escalation of war..as well as humiliation and raise global cynicism about the readiness state of the US military.
this is not going to go well.
we are literally putting US MILITARY PERSONNEL into another completely avoidable threat environment.
reminder: it’s not just china and north korea who are actively monitoring US capabilities…it’s an entire world of enemies who sponsor anti american sentiment and fund terrorism..up to and including the drug cartels/terrorists.
joe malarkey and his idiot team of knuckle draggers are racing toward a war that is completely avoidable.
also noting: why has the state department not once summoned russian and UKR diplomats to negotiate peace talks and settlements?
God Bless America
Ft. Irwin NTC, CA…..one of my neighbors when I lived there…..largest geographic base the US military has, with NAS China Lake being the second which was my immediate neighbor abutting it catty-corner……….lots of year-round training and testing at both bases
yup…and at fort polk louisiana with a specialized course for regular and national guard forces. (I cannot go into great details what happens in the north fort area only to generally say that there is so much more to the abrams platform than just a tank and division of elements.).
My father, now retired, was a brigaid commander and helped to establish that training center. it is also world class..having been redesigned several times for multiple real worth combat scenarios. My last understanding of this training facility was a period just prior to the first gulf war (bush senior), and then later under junior bushwacker.
interesting fact: when my brother was just a junior in HS, he was selected from a pool of candidates to trial a beta programme that trialed the early versions of the abrams targeting system. At the time, it was the world’s most elaborate and complex video cam, complete with 3 axial articulation and synthetic display. He attended this training at Fort Meade for the entire summer and had to sign a type of NDA. He never spoke about the details of that program. He actually held a top secret clearance. He was 16 years old! Apparently, the idea was to take someone who had zero prior knowledge of an advanced weapons system..provide them with basic training and then observe the results. (also interesting, my family participated in a MRE programme while stationed in Germany just three years prior, and prepared what we liked and did not like about the meals. In a small way, our family helped the Army understand that tabasco sauce makes nearly anything edible…well, almost anything. I think the Army was doing a torture test to be honest. The stuff was so bad, even the dogs would not woof it down. )
We did these things, because we love our country. It was exciting and we liked doing these things because it seemed to be the right thing to do: God, Family, Country. Can’t really have the first two is you can’t defend your country. That’s how I was raised. I still believe that to be true.
So here I sit, just miles where I was born..at home, with family looking out at this tragedy in motion, and it makes me literally sick to my stomach the reckless behavior of this malarkey regime.
God Bless America
Dumba$$es, tanks are not defensive weapons.
The end result, these three are dead or in a dark dungeon.
Biden Voter Alert!!!!
Sign your kids up now to fight and die to protect PedoJoe’s piggybank in Ukraine.
YOU VOTED FOR IT, MY SHOULDER A RIFLE AND GET TO IT!!!
F*ck these people
Anyone else thinking things aren’t adding up? Is it possible the US and Russia have been bringing the corruption in Ukraine to an end and are now reinforcing the purged state with US military, and doing so now before EU countries put their hardware into Ukraine?
You are an optimist. Our leaders are criminals in suits.
No. Not at all.
This is FJB protecting his family business.
War monger its a distraction that could get us all killed what a POS
What possible motive could Chairman Xi have for ordering Employee Biden to empty our armories into Europe?
It’s baffling(tm).
😆 China is smart enough to know that if Russia were to fall….they are next.
I believe it is the WEF, NATO and EU who are pushing this along with our Military industrial complex.
Their globalization and unipolar control of the world are in jeopardy.
Russia falling would probably be the beginning of the downfall of BRICS and a multipolar world.
A lot to consider.
“If the other missing class…fold…umm..cla classified files are found where I left them….it will mean more direct support for our friend in Kyiv.”
These sick people are going to get us all killed … oh wait, that’s always been the goal.
While I admit there’s a lot I don’t know there are things I do know. It takes months to train crews and support to be effective in these vehicles. The Ukrainians are used to Russian designed tanks now they’re getting US and German designed ones. So if Austin and Milley are thinking these crews will be ready by summer Putin can do a whole lot before then. The equipment Ned’s to enter the Ukraine. If it’s crewed by Americans and Poles they are now legitimate targets. I know the middle shield for Kiev was not to protect the city. Now it makes sense….it’s to provide cover on the western border against Russian assaults on these new convoys. Good luck.
We know Milley supports China. He called them up and said so.
I would trust someone like you representing my interests in Washington rather than these dispicable clowns that sit in seats of power.
these people are idiots, truly
those two tanks are both too heavy to operate effectively in the soft terrain in that area outside winter when the ground is frozen…it is why Russia is famous for its winter offensives because they can operate in the countryside then and not be limited to the pinch points
Zelensky when demanding countries send thousands of tanks said getting modern tanks would bolster morale of Ukraine troops.
No kidding. He said that.
Our World is being put into jeopardy by a dementia patient,a bunch of Biden kiddies calling the shots, and a Ukrainian comedian coke head.