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We can only hopeI assumed they came equipped with that essential part, the volunteer foreign pilot.
That was never fully confirmed. Korea, yes.Like the Russian pilots in the VPAF during the Vietnam War, or the American and other foreign pilots who volunteered in the Spanish Civil War.
Hey DerAdlerIstGelandet,
re "That or his military commanders are completely inept."
I do not know if that would explain it. The Ukraine has ~200,000 active military personnel (~170,000 ground forces), plus ~60,000 national guard, plus ~50,000 quasi-military border police. And the total population is around 44,000,000 people. You can not be anyway sure of winning a military action at ~1:1 odds on the ground, and there is no way the RF could sustain an occupation of Ukraine that would not be a disaster in terms of expense (even without the new economic sanctions).
Maybe if he appointed people to the positions that had no military strategy training? The majority of the wargamers I know understand the historical odds factor for attack vs defense, and basic logistics.
If I let my paranoia loose, it is as if this is a side show, or maybe expected to become a side show.
This convoy will be target #1 tonight. The West likely has satellites positioned right on top.
And depending who that foreign prince, state, colony, district is, this has been ignored.The US has a similar law:
Title 18 U.S. Code § 959 - Enlistment in foreign service
(a) Whoever, within the United States, enlists or enters himself, or hires or retains another to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the jurisdiction of the United States with intent to be enlisted or entered in the service of any foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people as a soldier or as a marine or seaman on board any vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(b) . . .
Indeed. It's one thing to go to Syria to join ISIS, another to serve alongside the West's friends in Ukraine against Putin.And depending who that foreign prince, state, colony, district is, this has been ignored.
We can only hope
Did any go to Germany?
I know that a number of Japanese-Americans either joined or were impressed into the Japanese armed forces.
Many of them came back to the US and were labeled communists. Elena Roosevelt helped preventing them from being persecutedThen there was the Abraham Lincoln Battalion in Spain 1937-38
Those who went to Canada to fly for the RAF were forgiven.
Neither here nor there but what if the U.S. offered to replace Ukraine bound MiG-29s/SU-25s with F-16s or F/A-18s? What kind of message would it send?Can Ukraine Really Use Donated Fighter Jets? That Depends
After EU says it will send some aircraft to Ukraine, a retired U.S. fighter chief explains how that might work.www.defenseone.com
Some degree of US plausible deniability would be necessary. The USAF has twenty or so MiG-29s. Those would be the ones to send.Neither here nor there but what if the U.S. offered to replace Ukraine bound MiG-29s/SU-25s with F-16s or F/A-18s? What kind of message would it send?