Sixty fighting Bradley tanks were put on a US ship, the Arc Integrity, for eventual transport to Ukraine. Professor Sal asks if this is a legitimate target for Russians.
This is similar to how we got into World War I. Germany attacked US Merchant Vessels.
This is the 106th anniversary of Germany declaring warfare against the Allies a second time. That is when Germany sank Merchant ships and killed over 60 sailors.
The question is can Russia attack the Arc Integrity, the ship carrying the Bradley tanks? Look to the 106th anniversary and the beginning of World War I. (Go to about 13:00). Sal doesn’t think so. Any attack on US shipping would be a direct attack on the US. He does not know what Putin would do, but it would be an act of war. That’s why he believes it’s important for US ships to transport the equipment.
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The ship will deliver its cargo. Period. As one poster has figured, to Bremen or my guess is to Gdansk. Putin’s best weapon and one he is using daily, is shouting “BOO!” and watching the West scurry for the fallout shelters.
I don’t think Putin is playing games. He’s letting Winter take it’s toll on Ukraine by destroying power plants as fast they can be repaired. I expect a Russian Blitzkrieg in 6 or 8 weeks and this will be over. Then the Kremlin will start a Propaganda War against the West with all the captured intel. That will be the Real War, because that will be when Putin goes after the US Dollar as the Reserve Currency. Putin is playing the same game on us that Reagan played on the USSR. An economic crisis will cause the US to implode from within.
Has anyone seen any articles that verify Russia purchased hypersonic missles from China that travel up Mach 10 and don’t need to fly in straight line?
Russia should just track them to source and annihilate them on delivery….
When a Merchant Ship transports military cargo to a war zone, it is no longer a Merchant Ship. At best it is a Mercenary Vessel if it has a Civilian Crew and so a legitimate target as it is now part of a Military Supply Chain. If the Ship is flying a US Flag then it’s the US that is creating an Act of War. The Arc Integrity probably should Fly the Jolly Roger. I wouldn’t want to be it’s insurance company!
I was told by old time mariners that In the early part of WWII, a submarine would surface and give a merchant ship 5 minutes to abandon ship before sending it to Davy Jones’ Locker. When the military escorts a ship there is no such courtesy. I suspect there will be some type of escort. In my days as a Merchant Seaman, I transported military cargo; I’d take a pass on this job!
Obviously. Joe Biden doesn’t have the balls to use a Military Transport with a Military crew for this mission. What a Wanker!
He knows bidet is feckless and won’t do a thing. He knows that ship is bringing supplies to destroy HIS CITIZENS. He has every right to sink it. He knows he won’t be retaliated against, so why not?
Hope those fools have their affairs in order because they are going to be seeing davy jones realfast.
What pooty could do is bring a vessel next to it and say, you got 2 choices, we evac you and bring you to safety BEFORE we sink it, or you go down with it. Your choice. That way they can’t play the he killed xx people because he did try to help them first.
Uh, “his citizens”? You mean the troops of the invading armies from Russia? So you support the overthrow of Ukraine by Russia as phase one of the land grab intending to restore the USSR? Are you a Russian? Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons and downsized their military due to promises from Dem Clinton that we would protect them from Russia (which communist Dem Obama failed to do in 2014). You are too ignorant for words. BTW: The Russian navy is both small and has major maintenance and crewing problems.
You mean troops from Ukrainian army invading Donbass to eliminate the Russian speaking population. You must watch too much Fox News, or, actually any simplistic MSM outlet in the US.