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2023-09-30 Europe

Foreign Affairs: Why America Should Send Military Advisers to Ukraine

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Posted by Anomalous Sources 2023-09-30 00:01|| || Front Page|| [16 views ] Top

#1 Link to photo: https://s.hdnux.com/photos/26/11/03/5804237/16/1200x0.jpg

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2023-09-30 00:15|| 2023-09-30 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 No, just no.

Zoom works just as well nowdays.

Posted by DarthVader 2023-09-30 00:29|| 2023-09-30 00:29|| Front Page Top

#3 American involvement in Afghanistan and Ukraine should prompt a high-level investigation into motives, finances, and long-term geopolitical impacts.

All overseas deployments should be closely scrutinized. 'Anomalous Sources' graphic is yet another reason for policy examination.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-09-30 01:01|| 2023-09-30 01:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Not sure future tense is appropriate.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-09-30 03:19|| 2023-09-30 03:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Advisors escalate the conflict without a chance of changing the outcome. Also all the most corrupt people are recommending the action. Other than that it is a good idea. The only advisor I would approve of would be Sam Kinnison if he was still alive.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-09-30 04:37|| 2023-09-30 04:37|| Front Page Top

#6 That worked out so well in Vietnam.

Posted by Chris 2023-09-30 09:10|| 2023-09-30 09:10|| Front Page Top

#7 /\ Yes indeed. Worked out so well that the 'Zonies' ("Americans") living in the Panama Canal Zone were reluctant to assist our pre-invasion logistics planning. It seems they were fearful they might be left high-and-dry should events NOT result in the removal of General Manuel Noriega.

Some things, they simply do not change.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-09-30 09:17|| 2023-09-30 09:17|| Front Page Top

#8 I thought that Ukrainian troops were already the most baddest assest, whip all comers with one hand tied behind the back fighters on the planet. Now with Nazism™ added!

What could "advisors" possibly bring to the table?

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-09-30 09:24|| 2023-09-30 09:24|| Front Page Top

#9 "BE BOLD
Sending advisers to Ukraine will, of course, require substantial political will on the part of the Biden administration. Biden may struggle to muster such will, especially as he prepares for the 2024 election and faces political opponents much more hesitant to aid Kyiv.
But Biden should not underestimate the ability of Americans to grasp why it is important to support Ukraine. It is true that recent polls show that U.S. support for Ukraine has fallen, but the dip is slight and to be expected over any long intervention. On the whole, support for helping Kyiv remains remarkably strong. A September CBS News poll, for example, found that 67 percent of Americans want the United States to give aid to Ukraine." (From the unsigned editorial)

Posted by Jerens Black9355 2023-09-30 09:56|| 2023-09-30 09:56|| Front Page Top

#10 /\ .....CBS News poll, for example, found that 67 percent of Americans want the United States to give aid to Ukraine." (From the unsigned editorial)

Throwing the flag on that one.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-09-30 09:58|| 2023-09-30 09:58|| Front Page Top

#11 Polls. Studies. "Some say." Yeah. You can get whatever result you want.

See: The ubiquitous "I'm a Republican who would never vote for Trump" stories.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-09-30 10:01|| 2023-09-30 10:01|| Front Page Top

#12 It's no surprise that people who are dumb enough to watch CBS are dumb enough to support Biden's little adventure in Ukraine.

Posted by Unavirong Hupimp2017 2023-09-30 10:03|| 2023-09-30 10:03|| Front Page Top

#13 Ummmmmmm.....

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-09-30 13:20|| 2023-09-30 13:20|| Front Page Top

#14 US soldiers on the ground will absolutely change the face of this war. The Russian army has already been decisively weakened and they're running out of healthy, non-tuberculosis men.

We'll be in Moscow a few weeks after US troops arrive in Ukraine. Regime change, and a major threat to the entire rules-based order is gone.

Posted by Jairong Scourge of the Gepids2435 2023-09-30 14:43|| 2023-09-30 14:43|| Front Page Top

#15 #14 Sarcasm?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-09-30 15:14|| 2023-09-30 15:14|| Front Page Top

#16 ^ I think "smoking the good stuff" more likely.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-09-30 15:43|| 2023-09-30 15:43|| Front Page Top

#17 #16 But the same nym wrote in article on drug testing

This is actually good. The more incompetent the US military grows, the less good they will be in a fight. And the last thing we need right now is another fight.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-09-30 15:56|| 2023-09-30 15:56|| Front Page Top

#18 CBS News poll found that 67 percent of Americans want the United States to give aid to Ukraine.

"It's true, man! Two of the three people we asked about supporting Ukraine said 'Yeah, whatever' and the third one was a flat 'No effing way!'. Two thirds is 0.6666666666666666 decimal, rounded up is 67%. You can't argue with facts, man!"

Posted by SteveS 2023-09-30 21:54|| 2023-09-30 21:54|| Front Page Top

#19 As the first says, "Okay?" and her uptalking fades, I inquire of the second, who thinks I said "AIDS."

Posted by Winky Pollster6717 2023-09-30 23:41|| 2023-09-30 23:41|| Front Page Top

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