Nato jets to monitor Ukraine border

BBC ^ | 10 March 2014

[McGruff]

Your move Vladimir.

[exit82]

NATO observation planes.

Watch out, Vlad.

Next come the drones if you don’t watch it.

[elhombrelibre]

He’ll ship more nuclear material to Iran and more weapons to Syria. You see, as his Putinistas here tell it, Putin is a swell friend of Christianity.

[bert]

No move required by Vlad for this meaningless gambit. It is in essence not a move.

They are pretending to act

[AU72]

Yesterday I heard an analyst say yesterday we are 2 steps from WWIII. The worst thing we can do is move military assets close to the Ukraine border. We don't have 5% of what's needed to deter Putin militarily and his likely response is a build up on his side.

[faithhopecharity]

Obama keeps sticking little appendages into Russia’s face....
but Putin just laughs of course.

These spy planes will have pretty good sidelines seats to watch Russia finish its takeover of Ukraine (for better or worse), that’s about it.

Which we will be watching anyway from our spy satellites right from on high, directly above the action.

BFHD.

[McGruff]

Kind of scary. They wouldn't last long on their own.

[PieterCasparzen]

The more military actions the US gets into, the more the establishment
of the GOP and Dems lose public support.

IMHO, the “cat is out of the bag”, as more and more people start to see through the politics and see the bare ugly face of using the US military in wars that are not related to national defense.

[AU72]

The correlation of forces is why the Soviet Union backed in Cuba in 1962, Kruschev hoped for a fait-accompli but got caught.

We are inviting blood bath with our pin-pricks.

[elhombrelibre]

All NATO is doing is monitoring Soviet (I mean Putinista) action. Putin’s bed wetting supporters on FReeRepublic will crack and cry here, but steady people should not let this minor measure bother them.

[Thunder90]

There are loyalty issues in the Ukrainian military, that are sure to complicate issues should they come to blows with Russia. Many units will defect to Russia, and many will not have the stomach to fight (Especially those from the East).

[1rudeboy]

The worst thing we can do is move military assets close to the Ukraine border.

In Russia, military assets come to you.

[McGruff]

All NATO is doing is monitoring Soviet (I mean Putinista) action. Putin’s bed wetting supporters on FReeRepublic will crack and cry here, but steady people should not let this minor measure bother them.

You should go work for the Ukrainian government. Unless you already do.

[Sacajaweau]

that’s insane and provocative. we are not enemies of Russia and/or Ukraine. neither are we allies.

[Sacajaweau]

Fly into Russian air space and we could be at war. Stupid...just stupid...

[Mi-kha-el]

This is not about troops and materiel ratio. Russia’ economy will crumble under the weight of war, occupation and having to feed the occupied territories population. For Russia it will be a war of aggression, for Ukraine -the war of liberation. Not everybody in Russia has the stomack for it. Us does not have to get involved militarily.

[McGruff]

I think I'm turning into an isolationist. If Ukraine wants to be part of the European Union let them send their sons and daughters to Ukraine's defense. Bring our troops home.

[redgolum]

The tank number is interesting to me. Ukraine is very “heavy” on paper.

Of course, most of the Ukraine troops in the area will not fight.

This is a civil war. We would be wise to stay out of it.

[MUDDOG]

"All Awacs [Airborne Warning and Control System] reconnaissance flights will take place solely over alliance territory,"

None of that Francis Gary Powers stuff.

[Toddsterpatriot]

LOL!