And the stew thickens.
Ever since the West has been supplying the implements of destruction to Ukraine Russia has been mouthing all sorts of crap about Russian nukes….and of course those naysayers think he, Putin, will eventually use his nukes and then stroll down Main Street.
You do remember those days….I mean it has not been that long ago or is the gold fish analogy accurate?
In the 1990s Ukraine was one of the first nations of the former USSR that started disabling and destroying the nukes that was left in their country….and now Biden wants to possibly change that….
According to the New York Times, US and European officials have discussed a range of options they believe will deter Russia from taking more Ukrainian territory, including providing Kiev with nuclear weapons. The outlet reports that Western officials believe the Kremlin will not significantly escalate the war before Donald Trump is sworn in as President in January.
Following the election of Trump earlier this month, the US and its NATO allies began taking steps to rush weapons to Ukraine and give Kiev the ability to strike targets inside Russian territory with long-range weapons.
American officials who were briefed on the intelligence community’s assessments told the Times that weapons will not alter the challenging situation that Kiev is currently facing. “US spy agencies have assessed that speeding up the provisions of weapons, ammunition and matériel for Ukraine will do little to change the course of the war in the short term,” the Times reports.
Desperate to bolster Ukraine’s standing in the war before the transition of power on January 20, the Biden administration is looking at a range of serious escalations. “US and European officials are discussing deterrence as a possible security guarantee for Ukraine, such as stockpiling a conventional arsenal sufficient to strike a punishing blow if Russia violates a cease-fire.” The article continues, “Several officials even suggested that Mr. Biden could return nuclear weapons to Ukraine that were taken from it after the fall of the Soviet Union.”
(antiwar.com)
Now you see why I have labeled the Dems as a party of war….this is a horrible idea and could will lead to an escalation of the conflict that could engulf the whole region and possibly the world.
Former military Commander-in-Chief and Ukraine’s current ambassador to the UK, Valery Zaluzhny, made the dire statement in an interview with Politico published on Thursday. “I believe that in 2024 we can absolutely believe that the Third World War has begun,” he said.
Zaluzhny argued that Chinese, Iranian, and North Korean support for Russia supported his statement. “It is obvious that Ukraine already has too many enemies. Ukraine will survive with technology, but it is not clear whether it can win this battle alone,” he explained.
This type of intervention is another reason that I do not vote Democrat….they are bigger neocons warmongers than any other party.
If you would like to see how this happened….
How the Democrats Became the War Party
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
Lots of chest-thumping going on in the UK too. Starmer mouthing off about ‘defending Ukraine’ and so on. Putin is threatening the UK with ‘electronic warfare’ to shut down the electrical grid, which would be considered an act of war. But we now have one of the smallest militaries in the western world, so Starmer’s threats are hollow. I still doubt Putin will use nukes so close to mainland Russia, but he could be using threats to fill the gap before Trump gets in and becomes a firm Russian ally.
Best wishes, Pete.
Very accurate summation….I do not believe he will use the nukes either….he is playing to the crowd is all chuq