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Felt it was relevant to bump this thread again. Things are falling apart in Ukraine (again) and there appear to be some ominous signs coming from Moscow...
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"The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of things, not least the personality of the person making the determination. Force isn't an attractive answer, though. I would not be true to myself or to the people I served with in 1970 if I did not make that realization clear."
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How about the 2 Russian Spetsnaz that The Ukraine captured and had US news media interviewing yesterdayComment
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Originally posted by swaghauler View Post
Oh no, they weren't Spetsnaz, they were just two local tourists who happened to be there on holiday.
"The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of things, not least the personality of the person making the determination. Force isn't an attractive answer, though. I would not be true to myself or to the people I served with in 1970 if I did not make that realization clear."
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I doubt Putin is overly worried. They can impose the sanctions they want, but when winter hits and Europe needs its natural gas those sanctions will be quietly abandoned. Europe cares about Ukraine only so far.Comment
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It seems history does indeed go in circles. The Pentagon is gearing up to have equipment sent back to Europe, including AFV's and MBT's, supposedly. Sounds like a relatively small allotment so far, but who knows.
Note: The Yahoo user comments always crack me up, I wonder what the average age of a lot of these posters are"The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of things, not least the personality of the person making the determination. Force isn't an attractive answer, though. I would not be true to myself or to the people I served with in 1970 if I did not make that realization clear."
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We have sent back equipment already. Equipment that TPTB made a big deal over removing a year ago. Pathetic. We should have sold it to the Europeans instead and we wouldn't be spending money to send it back.
Also aren't there container ships full of gear prepositioned for things like this I know we used to have them in the Gulf.Comment
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It's now official, U.S. heavy weapons along with APC's and MBT's are being pre-positioned in six Central and Eastern European countries.
As Stormlion said, I love how they made this big deal about "Look, we've pulled out the last of the heavy weapons from Germany, isn't that lovely" a few years ago, and now, "Well, gotta send the tanks back to Europe...."
"The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of things, not least the personality of the person making the determination. Force isn't an attractive answer, though. I would not be true to myself or to the people I served with in 1970 if I did not make that realization clear."
— David DrakeComment
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Reforger 2016 ftw!Comment
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It'd have to be named something differently, since the equipment's going to be stationed in countries like the Baltic States and Poland. Not to mention, it seems Germany is a bit more reluctant than some of the other NATO countries to get involved in this current debacle.Originally posted by Damocles View Post
And speaking of the Baltic States, it appears the Russians are now "reviewing the questionable legality of their declared independence from the Soviet Union."
"The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of things, not least the personality of the person making the determination. Force isn't an attractive answer, though. I would not be true to myself or to the people I served with in 1970 if I did not make that realization clear."
— David DrakeComment
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And this also made for some interesting reading, particularly Russia's response to the possibility that Sweden might think about joining NATO...Originally posted by Schone23666 View Post
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Not surprising, though interesting. There has been a recent change in Sweden's thinking in regards to it's neighbor to the east....which is unsettling considering that Sweden was comfortable with a neutral position during the Cold War.Originally posted by StainlessSteelCynic View Post
Also, this rather sobering report by the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff.
"The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of things, not least the personality of the person making the determination. Force isn't an attractive answer, though. I would not be true to myself or to the people I served with in 1970 if I did not make that realization clear."
— David DrakeComment
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They were in the game, POMCUS was to allow rapid deployment of U.S. stateside armored units. Fly the crews over and roll out in theory. I think the ships expand that capacity to a wider area of operations.Originally posted by stormlion1 View PostComment
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Polish Paramilitaries
Apparently, due in large part to the troubles in Ukraine, the Poles are embracing paramilitary groups. Here's a 20-minute piece from Vice News on the phenomenon.
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$600b a year in defense spending and we're still not sure we can beat the RussiansAuthor of Twilight 2000 adventure modules, Rook's Gambit and The Poisoned Chalice, the campaign sourcebook, Korean Peninsula, the gear-book, Baltic Boats, and the co-author of Tara Romaneasca, a campaign sourcebook for Romania, all available for purchase on DriveThruRPG:
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