Posted on 03/17/2022 11:24:44 AM PDT by tlozo
Or capture a large portion. Russkies have already picked up quite a bit of NATO gear and are about to get a ton more as they ‘close the cauldron’ in east Uke.
Anyone think these drones won’t be reverse engineered in a week by a chinese factory?
Is it a tank, or a used car with extra sheet metal?
It works both ways.
The Rus, er, Soviets sent lots of weapons and equipment to the Norks during Korean war and the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War. Personally, I am of the “Not our circus” persuasion, but the Russkis don’t have an ethical foot to stand on.
But if’n I were them, I’d be looking for a way to intercept the shipments when they hit the Ukrainian border. Or sooner if I thought I could get away with it.
These are not defensive weapons. This IS WWIII
Our Vietnam veterans were mainly conscripts.
AT4 anti tank missile can have a group of 30 trained in under 2 hours. M72 LAW in under an hour. Javelin an Stinger would take a little longer each. I have no clue about Switchblade.
“At least they’ll relish the next opportunity they have to return the favor on some American moms son.”
No skippy, we are returning the favor to Putin and the Russians for what they did to our troops in Iraq.
I wouldn't mind having a few myself.
Just for "entertainment purposes" mind you. Nothing nefarious.
Here, you can learn about the Switchblade.
I’m sure Russia will see it that way. Skippy.
Ukrainian Nazis = a lot of Deplorables
Sociologically this seems to fit.
Young men of the “legacy” ethnic group, in this case of western Ukraine, feeling sidelined by life. They are drawn to hypernationalism, which over there uniquely maps to the sides defined by Stalinism and WW2. Where the “good guys” were the Nazis. Imagine that choice.
In the US there are much better and clearer choices. Thank God.
Yup. If yhe US keeps up this insanity, Putin will get fed up and strike back. Which is what War, Inc. wants. Campaign coffers get filled, families bribed, and our defense contractors get to safely try out their new stuff in someone else’s war.
What could Putin do? Plenty. Use cyber to take out some powerplants. Send kill pulses at satellites...give Iran the bomb (oh wait, they already are, with Biden’s blessing).
And this insane administration WANTS Russia to hit us.
I can’t believe this giant Wag The Dog ops, and how successful it is. So !any duped, including here on FR.
30 TRILLION in debt, that your grandchildren have to pay. No southern border, so we’re being invaded RIGHT HERE. Record inflation. Guys winning girls events by wearing a dress.
And you want to send money and weapons and aircraft to Ukraine?!? FOAD.
They're certainly defensive weapons when you use them to kill invaders storming into your country.
What do you want to do, give everyone a wooden shield and be done with it?
The Ukrainian Government is corrupt, to be sure. That doesn't mean their country deserves invasion.
AeroVironment, in Virginia.
Well, if they work they are likely to make a whole lot of other systems obsolete, so you can stop paying for those. Looking at the bright side of life here.
Cowards always worry about what the bully might do.
Please dont invent things up. Its not war, and its not illegal.
Interesting profile page.
I learned something from a Jeopardy category the other day that kind of applies to your #1.
Apparently Ukraine is the second largest country in Europe.
But then even now most people couldn’t find Ukraine on a map of the world.
The one thing I find interesting is that with all this pushing for a war with Russia yet they want us to take a LEAP OF FAITH about starting a nuclear war.
Now I’m no expert, but my feeling is that a nuclear war would be bad.
So why hasn’t there been discussion about this, which seem important. The interview Tucker asked the person what are the percentages? SHE DID NOT ANSWER, NOBODY DOES.
Just trust us? Yea, no thanks.
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