randahl ,
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The US is preparing to send up to "a few hundred" military contractors to Ukraine, thereby enabling in-country repairs of US military equipment.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/25/politics/biden-administration-american-military-contractors-ukraine/index.html

LynnU ,
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@randahl Given their history, this will not end well.

Infoseepage ,
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@randahl I'm not old enough to remember when tens of thousands of US "military advisors" were sent to Vietnam to provide training and maintenance on US weapons systems...but history sure remembers that slippery slope.

markstoneman ,
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@randahl Contractors, i.e., civilians.

shuttersparks ,
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@randahl Sounds good. This is how the Vietnam War got started. But Vietnam was a completely different scenario than this (I think).

dynode ,
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@randahl

Surely this will result in a "red line" being crossed, right? 😁

randahl OP ,
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@dynode nuclear escalation threats in 3… 2…

dynode ,
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@randahl

We will bury you! 🤡

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