no one quite knows the russians quite like the people who have been under it heel for many years, and who have experienced the russian thirst for dominance. and have experienced russian murder and repression. and, have thrown off the yoke.--
in this group i would place finnland, estonia, latvia, lithuania, poland and the slovaks. and, of course, the immediate target of russian conquest, the ukraine.
all of these people, all of these governments, have called for nato to get the ukraine as many leopard and abrams tanks as they need, and the one with modern targeting and the big guns. they have called for more himars missile launchers. and, they have cried in unison that the ukraine needs an adequate air defense system.
various ministers and leaders from these countries have implored nato to do these things. supply the ukraine with missiles, drones, tanks, artillery and air defense systems. now. the time for this piecemeal bullshit is over, the ukraine needs weapons now.
now, these people & governments don't want to obliterated in a nuclear exchange between russia and the west, e.g., the united states. if they thought that the russians would respond with nuclear attack because of ukraine being armed to the teeth by the west, these countries would not be recommending arming ukraine more fully. they plainly do not think russia will play the nuclear card. (i don't either, ... , why do you think putin is making little nests for him to flee to in south america and africa. he doesn't want to die, and he doesn't want to die poor. period.)
the people i have identified above know the russians, and they know putin, and they know he is not going to push the nuclear button. why would they? they are russians, they will just try again in another 10 or 15 years. they are patient bastards. trust the estonians to know their adversary, trust the latvians and the lithuanians, and they know putin.
get the ukraine the weapons it needs. and, they will tell the west what they want. they are experienced war fighters, especially against the russians, and they know what they need.--
abrams tanks, new ones. leopard tanks, new ones. himars, long range. warthogs, with lots of stores. (i wouldn't want to be a russian in a trench in the donbas, with a-10's coming over the horizon, would you?) more manpads, e.g., javelins and stingers. and, the brit anti-tank missiles and, tupalov drones, with the cameras taken out, and explosives put in. 155mm artillery shells, by the boat load.
f-16's. some f-16's would be nice. and, the swedish grippen, would be especially nice. to fly high cover for the warthog's.
i am saying it is high time to kick some serious russian butt. kill those rapacious, murdering, thieving thugs.
and, give them some ground to ground missiles that they can put right through the kremlin bathroom windows, while putin is in nursing his aching guts. right in his damned ear holes, through and through.
john jay @ 12.08.2022
p.s. and, do these things, right fucking now!!!
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