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2014-04-02 Europe

Nato sees no Russian troop pullout as Moscow hits Ukraine economy

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Posted by Fred 2014-04-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 Air Force General Philip Breedlove, Natos Supreme Allied Commander Europe, says that hes worried that the Russians will march through the entire Ukraine in order to annex Transdniestria (a landlocked, rebellious Moldovan enclave that would be rather be part of Russia).

Population of Transdniestria is about half a million, about 30% Russian. A bit bigger than Rhode Island: you have trouble seeing it on the map without a magnifying glass.

So our brass thinks that Russia is going to conquer the Ukraine (including a whole lot of indigestible western Ukrainians) in order to seize this little piece of crap.

He also talks about the hyper-ready, massive Russian forces on the Ukrainian border. They are more formidable than he realizes: as revealed by a Reuters journalist who just drove along the entire length of the Ukrainian-Russian border (on the Russian side) , theyve invisible, which would be a big tactical advantage.

Heres how I picture it: some contractor for the DIA was tasked to analyze the Russian threat. The contractor is headed by people with some kind of pull, ex-generals or whatever, who naturally do no real work. The actual report is written by a couple of 24 year olds who werent smart enough to get a real job in insider trading, who dont know jack about history or military affairs. Those youngsters did get the correct impression that they were supposed to talk about the Russian threat, so they applied their feeble imaginations to the task.

Apparently they also talked about the Russians cutting a path ( opening a corridor) through the Ukraine in order to prevent the Ukrainians from cutting off natural gas to the Crimea. One guess on where all that natural gas originates in the first place : Yes, Russia.

So that would work for the Ukrainians, right?

As always with the fools at the top, you wonder whether theyre stupid or crazy.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-04-02 15:29|| 2014-04-02 15:29|| Front Page Top

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