"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (12 Viewers)
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Admiral Beez
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I think Putin is calling Trump's bluff, and is ignoring talk of sanctions as TACO and equally so USN submarines. Heck, if I was Putin I'd invite the USN submarines to St. Pete's for lunch. What would startle Putin is a surge of US ground forces to the Baltic Reps, and even more so, a "yuge, bigger than ever been seen before", trache of US weapons to Ukraine.
Thumpalumpacus
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A couple of senators have proposed a $54B aid package. We'll see what happens.
Admiral Beez
Major
Good stuff. I have to wonder how POTUS 40 would have handled the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Reagan took no shite and less Lebanon 1984, never chickened out. Not trying to add politics here, but more historical perspective.
Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
The circumstances are so vastly different that I'm hesitant to guess. On the one hand Reagan was unwilling to back down from Communism. On the other hand they had a hotline between the capitals and the willingness to talk through crises.
Admiral Beez
Major
Agreed. I was more comparing the men rather than the events.
The video from 2022, unpublished earlier.
Bucha, Ukraine. March 04, 2022.
Soldiers are probably from the 234th Air Assault Regiment.
In Ukrainian, but the translation is hardly needed.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DhWIhlhoRA&t=1s
Bucha, Ukraine. March 04, 2022.
Soldiers are probably from the 234th Air Assault Regiment.
In Ukrainian, but the translation is hardly needed.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DhWIhlhoRA&t=1s
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fubar57
General
But....but....but....someone said he could bring peace in our tme
swampyankee
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On the third hand, he was not always a friend to democracies or democratic movements.
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