Pentagon Reiterates: No Arms to Ukraine

Top General to Visit Ukraine, But New Arms Pact Unlikely

US General Philip Breedlove, the top NATO military commander in Europe, is heading to Ukraine this week for meetings with top political and military leaders to discuss “support” for the war against the eastern rebels.

While this inevitably raised speculation that Ukraine will be making yet another push to secure US military aid, the Pentagon insists that they have not changed their decision to oppose sending arms to the country’s military.

The US unveiled a new military aid package less than a week ago, and that included armored Humvees and other equipment, but no weapons or ammunition.

Obama aide Tony Blinken explained that while the US could start throwing weapons at Ukraine to try to turn the stalemated civil war decisively against the ethnic Russian rebels, they couldn’t possibly send enough for the Ukrainian military to defeat Russia in the protracted war. That is, of course, what Ukrainian officials have been talking up for months.

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RickR30

For now…
I'm sure Poro and his gang of thugs would be willing to wait two years until Cthulhu takes office and ships them whatever they want.
- follyofwar
  
  You lost me at "Cthulhu." Is that an anagram or am I missing out on the joke?
  - RickR30
    
    Missing out. Search "cthulhu for president". Good stuff.
tom

Finally a little common sense comes from the White House.
Michael Kenny

Makes sense. If there is to be a "protracted war", i.e a fullscale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the solution would not be to arm the Ukrainian military but to mount an air campaign against the whole of Russia's territory. Thus, at this moment, the best thing is to wait and see what Putin does. It looks like the Ukrainians are slowly preparing the ground to crush the fake rebellion and the contractors have sent in at least two convoys of arms to their mercenaries from Russia, which suggests that they expect to be beseiged sometime soon. Both Putin and the mercenaries seem to be in total panic, running around frantically trying to find a way out of the corner they've painted themselves into while the Ukrainians advance calmy and implacably. A lovely illustration of the difference in temperament between Russians and Ukrainians!
- Thomas L. Knapp
  
  "It looks like"
  
  Hey, can you hook me up? I haven't had any good hallucinogens in YEARS.
  - voicum
    
    why do you even read this person's fabulations?
  - Brian
    
    He's either a troll or more likely, he's not even a real person.
EME

More lies from the empire. Reagan said the same thing about Iran, until it
was revealed the USG (had) used a third-party to supply Iran with arms and
aircraft spare parts. Reagan was forced to acknowledge he (had) given Iran
military hardware, including TOW rockets, which he claimed were (small) arms.

The corrupt regime in DC have often used third-parties in its puppet regimes
to ship its weapons around the planet. Oboomer, and his Nazi thugs in the
Ukraine are well aware this.
Guest

… there is the impression that the Ukrainian army is the branch of US Armed Forces. The volume of US financial assistance amazes with its scale.
http://cyber-berkut.org/en/
Chris Randolph

Sooo… the expectation is that if Russia should be attacked with American "armored Humvees and other equipment" but bullets merely paid for by the west/US as opposed to donated directly that… Russia wouldn't be upset about that..?