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[Experienced]

I have some retired army generals both in Canada and in the US that I have kept contact with over the years.  They provide an interesting perspective on world affairs and also have the ability to cut through the BSheet and provide insight that you don't nirmally get from the popular press.

Yesterday I had a lengthy conversation with one of them about The Ukraine and thought I would share with you the highlights.

1....Putin does not have the ability to push a button hinself and start a nuclear war.  He can issue a command to the military to engage nuclear armaments.  It is highly unlikely that the top Russian generals would heed such a request.  If they were to do so, within minutes there would be a retalitory nuclear attack targetting numerous strategic Russian sites including the Kremlin and Putin himself.

2...with Point 1 in mind, NATO should establish humanitarian zones for the Ukrainians to enforce the deal about safe passage out of Ukraine for Ukrainians.  This would entail NATO aircraft patrolling the skies in these areas and in particular the Western Ukraine.  These flights would not be offensive in nature but provide humanitarian assistance.  The advantage of this is that it would provide control of the airspace over The Ukraine.

3....the US should engage its AWACS (specialized aircraft which can intercept opposition communication traffic and monitor military activity) in eastern Europe and over the Black Sea to get real time information on what is going on, provide advance notice to the Ukrainians of attacks from the Russians so they can intercept more missles etc coming from Russia and Belarus.

4...poking the Russian bear only makes the bear angry.  Historically the way to deal with the bear is through force and they will back off.  Today's politcians in NA and Europe are too scared to do the right thing and are making the situation worse....they are giving Putin a blank cheque to do whatever he wants.

[liljohnnyjoke]

With regards to #1, people who disagree with Putin end up dead, so people who disobey him are likely in for a slow painful death. This war might drag on like their foray into Afghanistan. That plus all of the sanctions against Russia will takes its toll on the citizens. Wonder if Putin is familiar with what happened to Csar Nicholas and his family in WW1? If there is a Revolution Putin would

[mrbb]

yah right, putin gonna relinquish air space control to the amercians.  The western (NATO) lie is what got putin to invade Ukraine in the first place. NATO will not move an inch east after the fall of soviet union and east germany.  Funny that no sanction against the US for invading iraq, libya, afghanistan, all done under more western lies (weapon of mass destruction, saddam hussein

[mrbb]

History repeats because people are forgetful and/or too busy with modern life.