© AP / Nathan PosnerMembers of the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army prepare for deployment to Poland from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, February 14, 2022
Speaking to reporters from the Associated Press, NBC News, and other members of the Pentagon press pool, the official said that the contingent of troops is led by Brigadier General Garrick Harmon, the US defense attache to Kiev.
"There have been several of these inspections," the official told reporters, without revealing where the examinations have taken place. He added that the checks are not happening "close to the front lines," but where security conditions allow.
Brigadier General Garrick Harmon in 2017
The Pentagon official would only say that a "small" number of troops are involved.
The US State Department announced last week that it would allocate "personnel to assist the government of Ukraine with handling...of US security assistance," although it did not mention that these personnel would be drawn from the ranks of the military. The plan was announced after media reports, citing US intelligence agencies, claimed that Washington could not trace the weapons it sends to Ukraine. One intelligence source told CNN in April that these weapons disappear "into a big black hole" once they enter the country.
The anonymous Pentagon official told journalists that Kiev has been "transparent," and has cooperated with inspectors thus far.
While Americans have fought and died in Ukraine of their own accord, Monday's announcement marks the first time since February that Washington has acknowledged the presence of uniformed troops in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has cautioned the US and its NATO allies against getting involved in the conflict, and even before the announcement, he stated that the Kremlin views itself as fighting the "entire Western military machine" in Ukraine.
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All joking aside, this situation truly sucks ass.
I keep praying these stories are nothing more than fear-porn, but...
We should be getting a false flag real soon to blame Russia and then the real fun will begin. My bet will be on Russia...
If this can be averted, I fear it's going to require more than a few hammers.
The people running the show are completely fucking barking psycho cunt clowns. 😿
Well the bankers children sent to war are about to find out they have a short time left on earth.
Cannon fodder for control and profit.
Then....
Profit.
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This telling.
Proof imho that there was a plan by nato to start this war.
Was there an actual plan?
Maybe it involves mashed ponato?
Humble pie with ponatoes I suppose...I like mine with pepper.
Ate some today - oh, it was good.
Just ask if you want the recipe....and you know, I got one don't ya? Seriously, I ate some today - hot peppa with tomatoes, beans, leftover hotdog, cole slaw, potato, sour cream, spring salad....basically all the stuff in the fridge not to be wasted. Plus, the magic ingredient I added, and I'll keep that to myself but it was fig in a jam.
Humble Pie Soup is what I call it. Good.
I stupidly Gargled 'fig in a jam', & at least discovered it wasn't a euphemism.
Whatever you described sounded very appetising, and I wish the flavours could be shared remotely, along with your secret ingredient that would undoubtedly remain unrevealed using this feeble medium... 😺
Enjoy your extreme PUNishment, for plagiarising a very poor use of language... 😺
Winternights made a grandad joke somewhere today, i regret not having a dig about it now.
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ps - that was the magic ingredient - I got others you know - other ingredients - I'm starting up a potion shop business - Green Garnet's Potion Shop . Let me know if you want anything potion-wise....I'll do my best.
Ken
oh, and lastly, I think we should differentiate twixt a euphemism and an idiom....I kind of think fig in a jam ought be an idiom - I wonder who I talk to about that? You know - to make it happen....
(there ought be a winking emoji from the other perspective.....you know head tilted with different orientation...)
kind of like how a poor-ish person will give away their last dollar but most wealthy people would rather raze someone's house than help them by handing them a fiver.
after all, the "wealthy" and "important" people already have their bunkers with five years plus food and water all stored away.
they know where the game is headed, it's been heading that way for the last thirty years minimum.
They had been there from the beginning. Only not "monitoring arms deliveries", but for on-site intelligence, and operating more complex systems like HIMARS.
The Russian MoD knows where they are.
Journalist Wyatt Reed joins The Grayzone to describe his reporting from the ground in Donbas and the testimonies of suffering he gathered from civilians who have endured Ukrainian military attacks for eight years paid by of course the fvkn USA
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no shit, media hype and typical bullshit, are to scare you all.. just like cov clot shots, same shit, different bucket.. ffs..
putin is winning, as intended, especially by the nazi run US gov.. in bed with nazi dog zelensky, worlds most corrupt pollie.. kvnt..
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ukraine will be divided up, Poland taking some of the north east, Russia the rest, USA is dead in the ground already..
Farewell Ceremony for the U.S Defence Attaché - [Link] (Ministry of Defence of Georgia)
Investing in losers...
I mean, hinting at that Russo-Georgian war in 2008.
$213 million collected, 74,833 pairs of Tactical Underwear purchased
$68.5 million out of the total $150 million spent (on defence and demining) has been used to purchase 1000 drones at $68K each
The income is odd, usually between 0.5 and 1 million per day, but some days they get a few million, on 06/07/22 they got $58.5 million
Tactical Underwear, in brown, cost just under $6 each
Besides of Andrey Martyanov who compared price and performance of US subs vs. Russian subs some while ago, I heard another comparison, this time with China. While a simple hammer costs the US military 80$, the Chinese military pays 6$ for an identical item.
Consider that as an indication of size and strength of both the Western economy and the military ...
But a nice example explaining the root cause of the failure of the Nato/US military in the Ukraine.
The whole West (and especially the US) had never fought a real war against a peer since WWII, only expedition campaigns against much smaller third-grade armies. Iraq and Afghanistan are prime examples - no working air defense, no proper command chain, and troups & material generally in bad shape.
That allowed the West to realign the weapons development and production for exactly that purpose - short campaigns in dry and moderate to warm climate, full air superiority, and uninterrupted resuuply chains.
The weapons design was optimized towards a profit maximum at tolerable usability and durabilty. And the industry itself trimmed to produce the relatively small quantities this approach implied. Implementing the ubiquitous just-in-time method, were components are made and assembled all over the place, only to satisfy the lobbyist's desires fore individual states and companies to get a share.
But now, the chickens come home to roost ...
I think you've got to trust Russia, whether you like the idea or not. You can't get away from the fact that eventually you've got to start hugging the big bear. It's no good going on the way that statesmen have been going on this earth for around ten years. You've got to realize that you've got to live together, you've got to work together, you've got to trade together, you've got to be friends."
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