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Pentagon again sends land mines to Ukraine with a wink and a nod
By tom On Saturday, April 22 nd, 2023 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,Blog Postings ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is upping its flow of land mine capability to Ukraine, looking the other way to the questionable use of land mines by both Ukraine and Russia in the current conflict. Cold War style anti-tank ladies are included in the latest military assistance package, $325 million,Read more
For the Pentagon now, “don’t ask, don’t tell” is one way of giving war weapons to Ukraine
By tom On Monday, October 17 th, 2022 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has a new “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy — with this time the policy is about weapon systems it is giving or considering giving to Ukraine and not sexual orientation of personnel. At the forefront are two weapons systems: anti-personnel mines, known as Claymores, andRead more
Biden mum on land mine campaign promise as Pentagon opts to keep studying the issue
By tom On Monday, February 14 th, 2022 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is reviewing its landmine use policy, two years after the Trump administration lifted the geographic restrictions on where the weapons could be used. Just like it said it was doing last year. The Trump reversal in January 2020 lifted a ban on the U.S. military’sRead more
