Politico: U.S. drops plans to send destroyers into the Black Sea due to concerns over Russia
The tentative transit was not unusual or designed to send any particular new signal, an official familiar with the plans said.
The Pentagon has scrapped a potential Black Sea transit by two Navy destroyers this week due to concerns about escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the plans.
Earlier this month, the Navy notified Turkey, which manages traffic through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits leading to the Black Sea under the 1936 Montreux Convention, that they were tentatively planning a routine transit by the two destroyers, according to a U.S. defense official.
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WNU Editor: The deployment of these US Navy warships near critical Russian military bases during a time of high tensions between the two countries is not the message that you want to send out right now. The focus should be on de-escalating the situation.
7 comments:
Talk is cheap. Actions speak louder than words. You should never make a threat that you are not prepared to carry out. If your bluff is called & you back down, you look like a cowardly fool. Americas enemies are watching. Sending combat ships to the area was foolish. Is Ukraine worth having Western cities vapourised? Potential consequences of actions are clearly not being thought out by this Whitehouse. Taiwan is is now in a bit more peril. The Chinese will not now believe any threats made by the Biden administration. Keep ducking 🙉
Is Ukraine worth having Western cities vapourised? Yes.
Reciprocity. For every city they vaporize like thugs, we vaporize 100 of theirs.
Malcom X said If you burn one of my houses, I burn 10 of yours, IF you burn 10 of my houses I burn 100 of yours.
I think Putin would get the message. But you cannot bluff.
President Kamala's advisors have had second thoughts.
President Kamala's advisor, Obama, pulled a girls pony tail once. He is a tough guy. Putin is afraid of him.
Another classmate, Cut Citra Dewi, 47, remembers him having a mischievous streak that meant he often pulled the girls’ hair.
Putin got into fist fights. Obama's things was pulling hair. Girls don't fight back.
Russia sure acts tough now that Trump is gone
Of course Ukraine can act tough. Trump sold them Javelin anti-tank missiles. Obama gave them wampun. Pease try to keep up Frederick R. Lapides.
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