IPFS News Link • WAR: About that War
IPFS News Link • WAR: About that War
Concurrently with out post on what the odds are of a war between the
US and Russia over Ukraine, the House Intelligence Committee Chairman
Mike Rogers, and war hawk, appeared on TV this morning saying that the United States ought to provide weapons to the Ukrainian army "so it could defend the country from a Russian invasion." This is the same Mike Rogers who last August did everything in his power to perpetuate the lie that
Syrians had used chemical weapons against "rebels" (who subsequently
turned out to be mostly Qatari-funded Al Qaeda mercenaries and other
Islamic extremists) “There are things that we can do that I think we’re
not doing. I don’t think the rhetoric (from Obama administration
officials) matches the reality on the ground,” he said.
Seemingly oblivious that all Russia desperately wants is further
escalation in the conflict, which can then immediately be seen as a
provocation for further incursions into either the Ukraine and/or other
former Soviet counteries, Rogers said that, while ruling out the
deployment of U.S. military forces in Ukraine, he called for
sending small arms and radio equipment that the Ukrainian military could
use to “protect and defend themselves. And I think that sends a very
clear message."