02-03-2022, 11:45 PM
We have had "advisors" in Ukraine for a while now. Since what, 2015, 2015? Whenever the whole Fiesta kicked off?
This latest bunch is going to NATO nations in the area. Ukraine is not really in NATO. They may have done the secret pinky-shake interoperability thing but that's it.
If Russia does escalate activity, it will be an extension of what has been in place for a long time now. Joe has already sent his weak-kneed message of "incursion versus invasion" consent on the matter. Germany has done the same via back and forth over some old artillery they don't even own.
Here is a good assessment on the matter:
This latest bunch is going to NATO nations in the area. Ukraine is not really in NATO. They may have done the secret pinky-shake interoperability thing but that's it.
If Russia does escalate activity, it will be an extension of what has been in place for a long time now. Joe has already sent his weak-kneed message of "incursion versus invasion" consent on the matter. Germany has done the same via back and forth over some old artillery they don't even own.
Here is a good assessment on the matter: