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To: The_Victor
Unless the Ukraine can upgrade their military equipment dramatically in the next few days, this won’t end well for them.

The way for Ukraine to upgrade its military equipment, it seems to me, would be for the US to supply it with sophisticated weaponry, with which to repel the Russian invaders. (In fact, we have a lot of equipment we are just leaving in Afghanistan.)

State-of-the-art tanks and sophisticated warplanes could do a great deal to deter Moscow. Sadly, however, I do not expect these to be forthcoming from President Obama, despite his overheated rhetoric (and that of his Secretary of State).

41 posted on 03/17/2014 12:02:38 PM PDT by AmericanExceptionalist (Democrats believe in discussing the full spectrum of ideas, all the way from far left to center-left)
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To: AmericanExceptionalist

The way for Ukraine to upgrade its military equipment, it seems to me, would be for the US to supply it with sophisticated weaponry, with which to repel the Russian invaders.


We are about 50 steps in escalation from arming the Ukrainians. Putin invaded Ukraine outside of the Crimea yesterday and the response today from obama was a travel ban on 10 Russians. The kenyan won’t send arms to the Ukrainians. Ever. It’s not in his DNA.


44 posted on 03/17/2014 12:06:27 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: AmericanExceptionalist
You do know that most of our supplies going to Afghanistan go through Russia now right?

Since we invaded Pakistan and killed Osama, that route isn't open any more.

Lets not start another land war in Asia till we find out a way to supply our guys currently there.

78 posted on 03/17/2014 1:38:39 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: AmericanExceptionalist

Serious question: Repel the Russian invaders from where? They’re sitting in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. The only repelling that would need to be done is if Putin moves to take all of the Ukraine. Otherwise, I don’t understand how they could “repel” the Russians from Crimea. All the could try to do is kick them out.


109 posted on 03/17/2014 4:28:52 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: AmericanExceptionalist

Nah, Obama needs that leftover equipment to use on the streets of the US to get the Tea Party in line with the NWO!


112 posted on 03/17/2014 4:39:00 PM PDT by dforest
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