Quote (JohnnyMcCoy @ Oct 10 2024 07:38pm)
cavemen gonna caveman ^_^
i definitely think there are americans on the ground in ukraine, but i guarantee its NOT enlisted soldiers
you cant cover up losses there, when one of these guys gets killed or hurt you need an explanation, thats why private security contractors became the shit
the only forces you could use are special units like navy seals, but there is no way valuable special forces are running around there
The leaked US documents listed ~100 active military in Ukraine secretly but that was earlier in the war before we started sending long range missiles
There are definitely special forces operating in Ukraine, but almost certainly behind the front lines. Some as actual instructors, but pretty surely operating some systems too. And Russia has been overtly targeting American forces in Ukraine. Did any 'NATO instructors' die in the Poltova bombing? Here's the better question- if they die, do you really think we'd find out, or would they just cover up losses?
These are the same guys who brought us the White Helmets in Syria. Its not hard for them to cover up a few willing soldiers dying. The easiest method of all is to just not let the media report on it. Maybe the families know, and you can bring it to a newsdesk like the NYT or WaPo and they'll put it in a drawer and wait until you leave the room and call their CIA contact and tell them about the security risk.
Russia has definitely captured multiple western irregulars already, but the absence of active military really points to them being restricted to behind the lines, but they've still got to have taken losses with all these long range bombardments hitting advanced weapons systems, training centers, command centers, etc. And we still don't even acknowledge that we have forces operating in the country even though that's common knowledge and leaked papers confirming it, so its not surprising we don't cop to the losses