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Russia Preparing Offensive In Ukraine, NATO General Imagines
Just a day after the US Navy said it was prepared to escort US-flagged cargo ships through the Strait of Hormuz as a precautionary measure after Iran supposedly fired on and subsequently seized a ship flying the Marshall Islands flag, we get still more sabre rattling in what has become a global staring match between the US on one side and Russia, Iran, and China on the other, with points of contention ranging from territorial sovereignty in Eastern Europe, to man-made islands in the South China Sea, to nuclear energy, to cyber warfare. This time it's U.S. Air Force General and NATO supreme allied commander Philip Breedlove ratcheting up the rhetoric (and perhaps suggesting that the Kremlin is correct in its assessment of US foreign policy) by suggesting to the Senate that Russia is planning to shatter what remains of the fragile ceasefire in Ukraine by launching an imminent offensive.
Via Reuters:
Russia's military may be taking advantage of a recent lull in fighting in eastern Ukraine to lay the groundwork for a new military offensive, NATO's top commander told the U.S. Congress on Thursday.
U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove, the NATO supreme allied commander, said Russian forces had been seeking to "reset and reposition" while protecting battlefield gains, despite a fragile ceasefire agreed in February.
And while the general had trouble explaining exactly how he came to this conclusion based on the evidence he had observed, he did come prepared with plenty of vague soundbites which, although largely devoid of any real meaning, sounded scary enough to get the attention of the media and will probably play well with the 348 members of the House who not long ago voted to provide lethal aid to Kiev. Here are some excerpts from the DoD press release:
“Many [Russian] actions are consistent with preparations for another offensive,” he added. Russia is aggressive in all elements of national power -- diplomatic, informational, economic, and its military, the general said.
“It would not make sense to unnecessarily take any of our own tools off the table,” he said about the U.S. possibility of supplying defensive weapons to Ukraine.
Russia’s aggression also is destabilizing neighboring states and the region, and its illegal actions are pushing instability closer to NATO’s boundaries, Breedlove told the senators.
“We cannot be fully certain what Russia will do next, and we cannot fully grasp [Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s] intent,” Breedlove he said. “What we can do is learn from his actions, and what we see suggests growing Russian capabilities, significant military modernization and an ambitious strategic intent.”
Got it. So summarizing, we cannot be certain about Putin’s intent, but based on his actions, we can be certain that his intent is both ambitious and strategic. Note that Breedlove has managed to pull off what we thought was a linguistic impossibility: his statement is contradictory, vague, and definitive all at once.
Here is what the general wants from Congress:
With the strong threat posed by Russia and the growing challenge in southern Europe, Breedlove said, Eucom needs help from Congress in three areas.
The first, he said, is a persistent U.S. forward presence in Europe, which he called the bedrock of the United States’ ability to assure allies, deter adversaries and be postured to act timely if deterrence fails.
Second, he said, is for Congress to provide for sufficient intelligence support, after Russia’s operations in Ukraine the past year underscored critical gaps in intelligence collection and analysis.
“Russian military exercises have caught us by surprise, and our textured feel for Russian involvement on the ground in Ukraine has been quite limited,” Breedlove emphasized.
Earlier warning also will assist with counterterrorism and operations in the European theater against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, he said. “A small investment in this capability could lead to a large return and our understanding of the complex challenges we face,” he added.
Congress also must provide sufficient future resourcing with European Reassurance Initiative funding support in fiscal year 2016. ERI support in fiscal 2015 showed the U.S. commitment to its allies, helped to shape the European theater and allowed Eucom to build and sustain partner capacity, Breedlove said.
“Key components of ERI in fiscal ’16 include maintaining air superiority presence, participating in NATO exercises, supporting rotational presence of an armored brigade combat team, prepositioning equipment [and] funding the Global Response Force exercises, in addition to other needs,” he added
In summary: a “persistent forward presence in Europe,” “sufficient intelligence support” to counter Russia, continued participation in “NATO exercises,” and the provisioning of “prepositioning equipment” and “sufficient future resourcing [to] help shape the European theater.”
Consider that, and then recall the following assessment of US foreign policy penned by Putin’s security council in March:
The armed forces are considered as the basis of US national security and military superiority is considered a major factor in the American world leadership. While maintaining the continuity of the plants to use military force unilaterally and anywhere in the world, as well as to maintain a military presence abroad...
Significant efforts by the US and its allies will be directed to the formation of anti-Russian policy states, with which Russia has established partnership relations, as well as to reduce Russian influence in the former Soviet Union.
Continue the policy of preserving the global dominance of the United States, increasing the combat capabilities of NATO, as well as to strengthen the US military presence in the Asia-Tihokeanskom region. Military force will continue to be considered as the primary means of ensuring national security and interests of the United States.
Becoming more widespread to eliminate unwanted US political regimes acquire advanced technology "color revolutions" with a high probability of their application in relation to Russia.
As we said before: that sounds pretty accurate to us.
Meanwhile, note that Breedlove managed to sneak a reference to the ISIS bogeymen into his request, because when you need Congress to get behind a plan to expend more resources on a proxy war, there's nothing like suggesting that a failure to act will somehow facilitate the spread of radical Islamic militants to shore up support.
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This is pretty funny. We have intercepts and secret, well not so much, data, that indicates a May 8th or 9th attack is planned by the Nazi forces.
I guess this will be the rebel attack.
I envision a room, dimly lit with a circular table. Glass jars sit around the edge of the table with brains in them and chairs with bodies sitting in front of each one.
Tubes run from hissing pumps underneath the table to the bodies in the chairs and wires run from the jars to the bodies.
These are the same brains that were in charge of the military during the Cuban missle crisis. The same brains that tried to push Kennedy into a nuclear war. They had their own bodies then. But now the only thing left is their brains.
And they tell the bodies what they want. "General Breedlove......"
"General Breedlove..." I bid twenty quatloos on Putin.
http://news.yahoo.com/china-russia-navies-hold-first-mediterranean-joint...
Russia and China are the founding member states of The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) an intergovernmental economic and military alliance of mutual security.
Shanghai Cooperation Organization Forces:
Active personnel 5,325,000
Reserve personnel 7,675,000
Available personnel for immediate activation and Conscription 192,039,958
Total of personnel 205,039,958
The economic and numerical might of China, together with the military prowess and vast nuclear arsenal of Russia.
Xi Jinping heading for Moscow amid tensions in Asia-Pacifichttp://www.thehindu.com/news/international/xi-jinping-heading-for-moscow...
Coming soon: Boehner has invited Pope Francis to address congress in September
Take a wild guess...
Six things to expect when Pope Francis addresses Congress
The Jews/Israelis kill him and blame Iran, or the US does it and blames "ISIS" then says that anytime people resisting a US puppet regime, they are "ISIS"?
Saint Malachy may have been a Druid with 'the sight' after all...
Perhaps Francis is the last Pope.
Dunno, assassination is one of the tools, but *don tinfoil hat* I thought the Vatican/jesuits/knights templar/etc was the perps? Anyway, not sure what will happen. I expect the coming 'encyclical but the official statement coming out this week does hint to 'last':
"The world should take note that the climate summit in Paris later this year (COP21) may be the last effective opportunity to negotiate arrangements that keep human- 2 induced warming below 2-degrees C, and aim to stay well below 2-degree C for safety, yet the current trajectory may well reach a devastating 4-degrees C or higher;"
final declaration 29APR15
ALL roads lead to Paris
Fuck off Breedlove
Wake up Inhofe
Putin needs to start using some of his trump cards he's been hogging. Cut off gas to the west, dump US t notes, invade/annex eastern ukraine.
He needs to dump Eastern Ukraine. and build a 50 km buffer zone . The USA is looking for any excuse to start WW3. Putin should not give them one. Russia needs to concentrate on everything East and just cut off all relations with Western Europe/ Watch the shit hit the fan then betweeen Europe and USA.
If Russia kicks out all German companies alone. It could crash Germany and thereby the EU.
People forget that Russia is now capitalistic and NOT communist. China can build anything that is now made in Germany.
And contrary to what people think, China CAN buld hi quality products. They send the cheap crap to the USA because Americans will buy anything.
The problem is the US can manufacture something Russia has done in order to start a war. Oh thats right they already did! MH17
most people know that Russia didn't do MH17. All the real evidence points to Kiev. Of course, our Dutch govt got paid off to to keep their mouth shut. US agreed to return Dutch gold buillion.
Disagree, America doesn't want real war, they're trying to wear down the Russian economy, try to get Putin to commit to expensive moves, trying to provoke him so they can further sanction, they want to sap his treasure and public support. He understands the game . He plays the long game, America thinks 2 or 3 years ahead at most.
Sanctions don't mean jack shit. All Russia has to do is sanction all German companies from doing business in Russia. Better yet just NATIONALIZE them.
America still thinks the world needs their crap . like GMO food and other total crap.
The Chinese are very shrewd buyers, and on that basis alone, you must realise that products intended for their internal market may well be in a different league (quality) than the "cheap export" stuff.
The fact that they can still "sell" poor quality product, and STILL make enough profit once the shipping / handling / third-party "skim" has been deducted, will tell you how much work went into cutting costs. Their real "Quality" products (e.g. Rigol D2000 series oscilloscopes) are NOT cheap, and are VERY good (far, FAR better than Tektronix at a comparable price point); other manufacturers are really catching up fast (Siglent, Uni-Trend, Atten, OWON), with corresponding "price escalation" to reflect improved quality.
Even their earlier (1960's) metrology products were very good - I have a selection of verniers / micrometers that are entirely comparable to "The Best of the West" - but were never marketed to the West . . . . . .
So, it will pay dividends to treat the "Chinese Crap" meme with a sizeable grain of salt. Cheap is cheap, but thay CAN and DO produce GOOD quality items for not that many dollars more . . . .
The thing is, while they may ship alot of crappy products to Wal-Mart, I suspect the quality of products that are sent to the PLA, Army, Navy or Airforce, tend to be superb or the manufacturer's family makes up the difference in kidneys, hearts, pancreas, etc...
From the Maidan till today Putin has been demonstrating that he is an adult in a world of kindergarten leaders.
All his actions are for the well being and prosperity of the Russan people.
There may be a time for your suggestions but it is not now. The Russian people see that Putin is trying to keep ties with the west and they approve.
There is a whole list of EU countries who are tired of the sanctions and I don't think they will be extended in a couple of months. Unless Breedlove and the NATO leaders can provoke Putin into acting tough.
Putin has always exhibited his ability and intelligence and I think he will outfox the idiots in NATO and the Pentagon in future.
Putin does not need to dump Eastern Ukraine, nor annex it. Do you know that factories were built in Russia very close to the border with Ukraine in a very short time after the civil war started - very similar factories like the ones that were in the Eastern Ukraine before the civil war. Eastern Ukranians can now step over the border to Russia to go to work and earn their living and then come home to the Donbass again (to fight if necessary). Amazing how fast Russians can rebuild factories (experience from the WWII, where factories from the Moscow area were moved to/rebuild in a very short time in Siberia, after Hitler attacked). Pensions are now being paid to Eastern Ukranians again, but in rubles not in the Ukrainian currency, Surprise? Where do you think they get those rubles. Russia is feeding and sustaining those people and keeping them alive and as a consequence they can defend themselves from the Kiev army without any military help from Russia. Eastern Ukranians now even have their own army, their own special forces, everything they need to defend themselves. Russia will simply continue to feed them - that can be hardly called a reason for war by the West.
General fucking Strangelove..... what an idiot. All "may be", "could be", "Looks as if it might". Putin's playing a safe game, avoiding getting dragged into expensive reactions. Flyimg a few US jets off the coast of Russia doesn't hurt or cost Russia a cent. Putin could have lots of fun for very little risk or expense.
Breedlove needs to be locked up with his friend McCain in a home for the bewildered
McAnus, Cotton, Cruz, Menendez, Graham. all total fucking lunatics. how do these idiots get elected. Must be the shit for brains electorate.
Or was it Diebold "technology" . . . . .
http://disinfo.com/2013/10/voting-machine-manufacturer-diebold-charged-bribery-fraud-worldwide-pattern-criminal-conduct/
http://vaticproject.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/absolute-proof-diebold-voting-machines.html
http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/rigvote.html
All "Conspiracy", until it turns out to be hard facts . . . . . .
McAnus, Cotton, Cruz, Menendez, Graham. all total fucking lunatics. how do these idiots get elected. Must be the shit for brains electorate.
I forgot that asswipe Zionist cocksucker Rand Paul. If I were his father I would disown him.
This sort of Orwellian rhetoric is becoming more commonplace than either Orwell or Huxley would have every dared imagine
Israel Blames Arabs for Lack of Progress of Nuclear-Free Middle East
http://antiwar.com/blog/2015/04/30/israel-blames-arabs-for-lack-of-progr...
All kidding aside, is there something in Zionist ideology or perhaps Jewish religion or culture that makes the shameless lie and double-standard so prevalent in their polemics?
They are psychopaths and pathologicial liars. Amazing that so many Christians support these genocidal maniacs who think they are better than other human beings.
Evangelicals have been totally conned. They forget that Jesus threw these evil f**ks out of the temples.
They picked up the holocaust ball in 1948 and are still running with it. Equal to all offensive Israeli behavior was the sale by Germany, at greatly discounted prices, of 6 submarines to the Jewish State.
In the hands of the most upright of nations (and that isn't saying much), submarines can launch trouble without detection
In Israeli hands, don't ask.
If hostilities re-ignite, I am pretty sure that the main task of Specnaz will be to hunt down and destroy Azov, no prisoners taken. Nevertheless Azov is mostly consisted of idiot covardly nazi assholes.
The general may be right!
The two greatest victories in the Soviet era were the battles of Stalingrad and Kursk. In both, it was the enemy which began the offensive, while the Red Army built up its reserves (Stalingrad) or held them back (Kursk) until the German offensive bogged down.
The Pro-Russian - Pro-Separatist websites are warning of a pending offensive to be launched by the Ukrainians, and report of daily probing attacks by Urainians in clear violation of the ceasefire agreement.
Both sides are trying to provoke the other to start the war over again.
It is my guess that the Ukrainians will increase the intensity and duration of their probing attacks until they trigger a major response from the separatists. Of course the US/NATO will declare Russia as the aggressor. So, Breedlove will be able to say: "I told you so!"
Don't forget that Blackwater and other USA agencies are behind the attacks trying to get a response.
Blackwater, Xe, Academi or whatever the f**k they want to call themselves got their asses kicked by a bunch of farmers and miners in novo Russia. I bet a bunch of those mercs were allowed to escape in the last cauldron.
Zakarchenko said it will not happen next time an dhe better mean it. Kudos to many Ukrainain men who do not want to fight for the ZATO dual shit-i-Zens in in Kiev.
I agree with that. The West is openly training Ukrainian armed forces, is on the verge of openly arming them, and as I hear it from my sources on the twitter, directly fighting Novorussians. Russia can see with complete certainty that a line will soon be crossed and they're preparing for it. The US will be surprised at how quickly and decisively hell's fury rains down upon them. The only option for the US will be what they do best: false flags, political bullying, destabilization via ISIS and media propaganda. They stand no chance militarilly in Russia's back yard without escalating this to a full scale war and as that possibity get's real, I only hope that a long overdue reality check happens in the US necon/redneck/latte sipping millenial/old fart community who now freely demonize Russia because they've never looked past Red Dawn, Rocky 4 and Time magazine covers while buying their Big Gulps at 7/11.
are you saying
That American generals are not making plans and issuing orders to the Ukrainian army through Ukrainian officers?
The NATO is the whore of the USA and just telling bold lies.
The bigger plan of the USA is to get a big player in energy. They just have
left energy. Everything else like manufacturing is in ruins.
So they try to destabilize countries with oil and energy in the middle east, get their companies
in and control them.
The other component is to discredit energy suppliers of the EU like Russia and get their share as energy supplier.
They try to block the construction of pipelines and start a new cold war.
Now you know everything you need to know.
The USA have no conscience and decency. They are putting Europe on the brink to a new war and
are responsible for the death of hundred thousands of people in the middle east.
Breedlove's rhetoric dovetails very nicely with Poroshenko's recent remark
And according to some sources, the Kiev military is upping the number of ceasefire violations just as the EU is getting ready to vote on extending the sanctions in July.
Kerry has already told the EU that there would be 'costs' if they were not renewed.
I suspect "President" Poroschenko may have made a slight mistake in the presentation. In all probability the war in Eastern Ukraine will ens with the reunification of Donbass / Crimea and Kiev - under Russian control.
As for the Western "dream" of VV Putin's "removal" (deposition / assassination - whatever works best) - he has a very substantial civil and political power base -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11365497/Kremlin-hard-liner-Russians-would-rather-starve-than-surrender-Putin-to-Western-aggressors.html
On the remote offchance that "removal" is possible (without WW3), do you really want to risk this as a perfectly likely replacement??
http://imrussia.org/en/analysis/world/2205-putin-hardliners-and-political-violence
http://imrussia.org/en/analysis/world/2205-putin-hardliners-and-political-violence
And just in case you were thinking that "maybe the Institute of Modern Russia" might promote a totally independent view on "goings on" in Russia - well, here's their Home Page - and notice where this "Russian" Institute is based . . . . . http://imrussia.org/en/about-us " The Institute of Modern Russia (IMR) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy organization—a think tank based in New York ".
They even have "Charitable Status (so tax exemption) - IMR is a federal tax-exempt Section 501(c)(3) public charity, incorporated in New Jersey.
It's a mistake to think Poroshenko made a mistake.
All he does is parrot what Nuland tells him.
He has NO INPUT whatsoever.
Just repeating a post from earlier up incase you missed it, about a Ukraine following thread elsewhere.
The original site hosting this Ukraine thread was closed today due to copyright issues, mainly photographs in other areas of the site I believe.
The old thread was reconned to be the best site in English on the Web to use to follow what the hell was happening, both militarily and politically, in Ukraine. It was exciting at times with very passionate views on both sides leading to bust-ups, bannings etc (note the latter part of the thread title). If you want to get a feel the old site is view only for a limited time. The link is in the previous post. To give you an idea of its impact, in 15 months it attracted over 120,000 posts and 23 million views. Pretty good for a low rent and specialist operation.
Many of the posters, myself included, have now moved onto the replacement site (serious restrictions apply to posters) where, as Volkodav says, the new thread is up and running from yesterday.
Come and take a look.
Old site http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?236054-Ukraine-discussion-thread-Veer-off-topic-at-own-risk
dup
need apply discernment at start
and learn those post who with real knowledge post there...cos some are time wasters best ignored
http://themess.net/forum/military-discussion/8573-ukraine-discussion-thread
The photos were down. Depending on the subject matter, I'm not sure I miss seeing them.
There can be no doubt that Russia wants the sanctions to end in July, which is why Putin never used gas as a weapon against Ukraine or EU. I also remember seeing other demonstrations of his reasonableness.
And there can be no doubt that it is the intent of Washington to provoke Moscow into a real invasion of Donbas and not the liar invasions that the West pitched but never could prove. Or firing ordinance from Russia at the Ukrainian forces.
Such an action by Russia probably would cost them the 28 votes at the EU.
How Putin will handle a Ukrainian 'false flag' attack to generate a Russian response remains to be seen. The obvious way would be an immediate 'false flag' attack by Russia.
War may be hell, but you can never throw in the towel.
Meanwhile we are now welcoming "Putin's" Nigth Wolves bikers in the Central Europe, as they managed to get through to Poland (with the help of Polish bikers) and now to my country. They are very peaceful, polite Russians (despite their rough appearance:-) saying that their ride is an anti-War demonstration for peace, they lay down wreaths on graves of Soviet soldiers from WWII, chat with locals, we take some pictures with them and then they peacefully go on their way. I have seen no hate or agression nor on the side of the Russian bikers nor on the side of the local population in my country. I wonder where the anti-Russian people dissappeared? It seems they were to afraid to show up?
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