<blockquote>'We should give the assistance to Ukraine NOW (more equipment (1:20:45) .. training at higher levels, command and staff .. the kind the Croatians got..)..'
- General Wesley Clark</blockquote>
'..the next round of the offensive invalidates the German analysis. Angela Merkel is a fine political leader and she can say again and again there is no military solution to this, but a third round of Russian offensive means that at least Putin sees a military solution..'<blockquote>'Provide Ukraine the missing information they need. (26:44)
We should give the assistance to Ukraine NOW. This is the time they need the assistance .. because a strong reliable defense to prevent a successful Russian military operation is the key to making the Minsk II agreement work. (27:54)
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..the javelin missile .. long range intelligence and imaginary, the ability to handle secure communications needs .. counter UAV capacity, night vision technology .. counter battery radar .. US training and assistance at all levels so that they can cope with whats gonna be a more powerful attack what comes at them.
Provide this NOW .. Full assistance .. the next round of the offensive invalidates the German analysis. Angela Merkel is a fine political leader and she can say again and again there is no military solution to this, but a third round of Russian offensive means that at least Putin sees a military solution. And that frees the United States to do what it did two decades ago in the Balkans. We gave the European the leadership in 1991, 92 and 93. We proposed negotiations in 94 and finally in 95 Tony Lake took the delegation abroad and we told the Europeans; "This is it. We're the big dog, we're settling this." (1:01:42)
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..summer of 1995 .. It took Srebrenica and the slaughtering of 7,000 men.. (1:03:12)
The conflict in the Balkans was manufactured just as the same way the conflict in Ukraine has been manufactured..' (1:08:20)
The pattern in Ukraine predates the Balkans. It really goes back to the takeover of eastern Poland in 1939 under the Molotov-Ribbentroppact and the actions that are underway in Crimea and the Donbass today are reminiscent of exactly what the Soviets did when they took over eastern Poland..' (1:09:19)
- General Wesley Clark,
Exclusive Briefing from Ukraine’s Front Lines, March 30, 2015</blockquote>
Context 'Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.' - Ronald Reagan<blockquote>
(Ukraine) - '..Russia’s aggression in eastern Ukraine grinds on. In blatant violation of a Feb. 15 cease-fire agreement .. By remaining passive now, they make that offensive more likely.''Russian forces .. it invades and occupies parts of Europe .. the blizzard of disinformation that muddied the world’s reaction post facto.'</blockquote>