Former US-NATO commander wants to put troops on the ground in Ukraine

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Former US-NATO commander wants to put troops on the ground in Ukraine
By: Kelley Beaucar Vlahos - Responsible Statecraft News - 04-25-22
Re: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/20...nd-in-ukraine/

Note: It sees - Retired Gen. Philip Breedlove - is the latest high profile official to catch the war fever - and advocate direct U.S. conflict - with Russia.

Former NATO top commander Gen. Philip Breedlove is the latest big name to come out for putting troops on the ground in Ukraine. Breedlove, who has been angling for weeks for a more muscular policy against Russia, told The Times of London that it’s time for real action. And he may have the ear of the White House: the article says he’s named as one of “several high-ranking retired commanders advising the Biden administration on Ukraine.”

“So what could the West do? Well, right now there are no Russian troops west of the Dnieper River. So why don’t we put Nato troops into western Ukraine to carry out humanitarian missions and to set up a forward arms supply base?”

Of course it wouldn’t stop there. Most likely Russia will react aggressively, if not explosively, since setting up “a forward arms supply base” would be fully entering this war on the side of Ukraine. NATO would be a co-belligerent in every way, with its 40,000 troops now stationed on alliance’s eastern front considered future enemy combatants. At the end of April, the Pentagon mobilized some 14,000 troops, along with F-35 strike fighters and Apache helicopters to Poland, Hungary, and the Baltics. A total of 100,000 U.S. troops now spread across Europe would no doubt be on some level of alert if NATO entered the fray.

Breedlove, who served as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander from 2013 to 2016, said this move was essential for the protection of Odesa, a strategic Ukrainian port city on the Black Sea.

“If Odesa falls, Ukraine will become a land-locked country with no access to the Black Sea. The impact on Ukraine’s GDP would be huge. It would be ruinous for the economy,” he told the Times.

“The West is saying it is providing everything Ukraine needs to defend against the Russians. But the people of Mariupol had to fight without Stingers [anti-aircraft missiles]. That was a failure by the West.”

He added: “Now we need to make sure that the Ukrainians win the battle for Odesa.”

Earlier this month, Breedlove was complaining that the West’s fears of nuclear war were working in Putin’s favor.

“We have been so worried about nuclear weapons and World War III that we have allowed ourselves to be fully deterred. And [Putin], frankly, is completely undeterred. He has switched into the most horrific war against the citizens of Ukraine, it is beyond criminal at this point.”

U.S. weakness on this score bleeds over to our relations with Iran, North Korea, and China, he asserts:

“The message we’re sending to the entire world is if you get a nuclear weapon, you’re going to have a certain reaction from the West and certainly from the United States…[that’s all]. And I don’t think that’s the message we want to send them.”

Of course, a month before this Breedlove said he was “not advocating a war” when asked about what appeared to be his support for a “humanitarian no fly zone.” Today, advocating NATO involvement directly in Ukraine would be a giant leap beyond that, and who knows what kind of opening for others coming down with similar war fever in Washington. Last week, Delaware Sen. Chris Coons was forced to walk back comments he made that suggested he too, was in favor of putting troops on the ground against Russia.
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Personal note: I can believe in the Generals ideals but he's no longer in active
duty status - so its not up to him - but I feel his anxiety of this ongoing conflict.
But his status quo today - is such - that its no long under other leadership since
his time in office has expired. He feels like many that if the US was to move
into Russia - they would back off - and may or may not risk firing nukes into
Ukraine. Both North Korea and China are watching Russia. A nuclear war over
Ukraine would prove without a doubt that all involved will carry a large burden
of mass (genocide) murder at a rather high scale along with contamination of
all lands in the general areas for decades to come.
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Only a fool wood fire the first nuke - as his nation would no longer be capable
of living in those contaminated areas. Russia knows that all those issue to well
having had one of nuclear plants blow up in Chernoble - and to this vary day
it's still highly radioactive.
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Today a nuclear exchange will poison all lands fare inland and kill many and by
the radiation - day after day for years to come.
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QUESS WHAT - THERE ARE NO WINNERS IN A NUCLEAR WAR!
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They know and we know it - only fools would fire the first shot that will end
in mass tragidy - and millions of lives - and to what end? The end means
nothing after a nuclear exchange - nothing will be worth while - millions of
dead all over the globe where the bombs fall. These so called world leaders
had better really think before pushing the button. Mutal assured distruction
and massive death for years to come. Now how' s about cooling your jets
and sit down and get to a resolve - before committing - to ending the only
world we humans have live on.
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THINK REAL HARD - FOR ONCE YOU THROW THE SWITCH - YOU'VE SIGNED
A DEATH WARRANT FOR ALL!
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