Posted on 06/02/2022 6:51:33 AM PDT by elpadre
President Joe Biden officially announced a new $700 million security package for the Ukraine on Wednesday amid Russian warnings he was 'adding fuel to the fire' by including medium-range rocket systems.
'This new package will arm them with new capabilities and advanced weaponry, including HIMARS with battlefield munitions, to defend their territory from Russian advances,' Biden said in a statement.
The lateset round of military aid comes as the Pentagon snapped back at the flak from the Kremlin, saying Russia didn't get to vote on U.S. assistance and describing Moscow's invasion as 'off plan.'
Besides the missile system, the assistance also includes helicopters, Javelin anti-tank weapon systems, tactical vehicles, and more. Ukraine has promised the United States it will not fire the weapons into Russian territory.
But the Kremlin fired back, accusing Washington of provocative behavior.
'We believe that the United States is purposefully and diligently adding fuel to the fire,' spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
When asked how Russia would respond if Ukraine used U.S.-supplied rockets to strike Russian territory, Peskov replied: 'Let's not talk about worst-case scenarios.' He said Moscow didn't trust Ukrainian reassurance the weapons would not reach Russian soil.
Meanwhile, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl said Russia is 'far off plan' in its invasion, which began a little more than three months ago.
'The Russians have not done particularly well. They're certainly off plan. They had anticipated, you know taking over the country in a matter of days. At the outset, maybe 30 days. They are far off plan,' he said at Wednesday's press briefing at the Pentagon.
Biden said Monday that the U.S. would not send Ukraine 'rocket systems that can strike into Russia.'
But the new military package includes medium-range rockets, which can travel about 45 miles.
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Insanity – It is said that when a patient in an insane asylum and believed to be ready to return to society, there was a final test.
The patient was taken into a room in which a water faucet was running and the sink overflowing onto the floor. The patient was given a mop and told to clean it up. If the patient immediately turned off the faucet he/she was OK. If the patient started to mop up the floor without turning off the faucet he/she remained in the asylum.
Our patient is in the WH. What say ye???
I’d say that the patient might be sane and still go for wiping the floor, because he/she had been subjected to many inanities while in the asylum where the “sane” step back and look at the problem approach was punished.
As for Biden... well.
“Insanity – It is said that when a patient in an insane asylum and believed to be ready to return to society, there was a final test.”
Russia is now (apparently) opening a Northern Front, which I suspect was because they need a buffer zone for those rockets. Belarus will have to do the same, if they want to be safe.
Imagine - we conservatives spent our entire lives being called war mongers...only to find out who the real war mongers are.
What’s that put us at? $55 billion?
One can stand at the Ukraine-Russo border and throw a rock from one country to the other. In a purely technical sense, that is an offensive weapon.
And the Neocons cheered.
Only Russia is allowed to feed the flames, kill and conquer; as they like.
Everyone else is wrong to resist, and is morally bound to surrender, or they are responsible for making Russia invade them, destroy their cities, kill civilians, allow their soldiers to rape, and impose Russian dictatorship.
Russia isn’t spending my money to do it.
XiJinBiden and the WEF clique, will fight Russis to the death...
...with as much Ukrainian blood as it takes!
When (more likely than ‘if’), the Russians finally respond ‘kinetically’, they and the neo-cons will get the world war they so strongly desire.
LET’S GO BRANDON!
LET’S GO KLAUSE SCHWAB!
LET’S GO WEF!
LET’S GO TRUDEAU!
One thing for sure - Neocon wars like Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, will not be possible in the future.
Because a new cold war precedent has been set, and the post 1990 era of post soviet collapse and US unipolar domination is over - Russia and China will feed weapons to whoever is the neocon target.
quid pro quo
In this case the “patient” rips the pipes open at the wall so that the flow increases and cannot be stopped without shutting off the water at the source to the building.
We are now not only fighting a proxy war with the nation with the world’s largest arsenal of nukes and nuclear-equipped ICBMs, but we are LOSING that proxy war. Somehow I missed Congress declaring war. I suppose at least Congress approving funds provides some legal cover, but we are doing nothing but dragging this out and depleting Russia’s military resources with money we don’t have.
This is dangerous for two reasons: If we drive Putin to desperation, things are more likely to escalate and could go nuclear. The longer this lasts, the more harm is done to the world’s food and energy supplies. Both of these have the potential to become catastrophic in unprecedented ways.
Has anyone ever seen the size of the corporate buildings for Boeing, Lockheed, etc in DC? They ain’t small
Lots of mouths to feed. And war means money for a lot of folks.
His warmongering, globalist puppet masters want a real one.
No mean tweets.
Your description of the test reminds me for PRC (Politically Repressive Canada) Prime Mistake True-dolt’s government. The faucet is still flowing and his gubmint is forcing Canadians to mop the floor.
PRC (Politically Repressive Canada), your friendly asylum to the North.
The Biden regime is fueling the fire and is directly responsible for the extra damage and death in Ukraine.
America is a disastrous mess of epic proportions and this mentally disturbed pervert in the Oval Office keeps sending billions to a cause that is of no national interest to the US.
It may be to the WEF/NWO, but it is of no interest to the United States.
Biden is intent on creating WW3 (with a nuclear power).
Prepare as best you can (food, water, medicines if needed, iodine pills for atomic fallout, defensive armaments, ammo…)
It’s coming
And it might come quickly too
Pray
The US deep state and CIA has been arranging coups, training armies and mercenaries, organizing social change, controlling media propaganda, and flooding weapons on Russia's borders for the last 2 decades, especially Ukraine. Read the whole story about the people behind Hunter Biden's adventures in Ukraine, and you'll start to clear your mind this.
Imagine if china and Mexico started mucking around in Texas politics?
Its sheer stupidity and blind arrogance to think the Russians would not eventually respond to such provocations.
It’s almost like a vindictive ex-wife. “I need more $$ or else...”
Hold the outrage for the CINO FReepers in support of these actions.
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