The newest way for Marjorie Greene to show fealty to Putin. She will call the UK a terrorist state for sending Challenger tanks to Ukraine. 10 - 4
It is time for Dear Marjorie Greene to fortify her credentials as the foremost Putin lover in the US government. What will trigger the tsunami?
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed on Saturday that the UK will send Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, the?BBC ?reported, marking the first time a Western country has sent its most powerful heavy armor to Kyiv.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the UK and said the move "will not only strengthen us on the battlefield, but also send the right signal to other partners," per the BBC.
He added while the UK's support was "always strong" it was "now impenetrable".
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Well Marjorie will almost certainly now call the UK a terrorist state for sending the Challenger tanks for Ukraine
Let us give credit where it is due
Recall this
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The congresswoman was welcomed to the stage after Fuentes led the crowd of mostly white men into a rousing embrace of Russia, marveling at its show of strength invading Ukraine.
“Can we get a round of applause for Russia?” he asked. The crowd chanted “Putin! Putin!”
Fuentes said more than 1,000 had gathered for his event, the third and biggest so far, and that the “secret sauce” of the organization’s strength was “these young white men.” He mocked the Democrats’ mantra that diversity is a strength.
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Lets just say that Marjorie Greene will soon make Fuente look like a wimp in outdoing him for Putin love
Ready ?
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The UK says sending Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine is a potential 'game changer' in the war. This is how they could impact the conflict.
Alia Shoaib ?Jan 14, 2023, 5:03 AM
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed on Saturday that the UK will send Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, the?BBC ?reported, marking the first time a Western country has sent its most powerful heavy armor to Kyiv.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the UK and said the move "will not only strengthen us on the battlefield, but also send the right signal to other partners," per the BBC.
He added while the UK's support was "always strong" it was "now impenetrable".
The BBC reported that it understands the initial commitment is for about a dozen tanks, which would be enough to equip a squadron, but falls well short of the hundreds of tanks that Kyiv has requested.
The tank would be superior to every Russian battle tank it opposes, an expert told Insider, and?some ?reports ?suggest they could deliver a significant blow to Putin's forces on the battlefield.??
According to Justin Crump, a military veteran and the CEO of the?risk-intelligence firm Sibylline , a small number of Challenger 2 tanks would be a "token gesture" because tanks need to be numerous to be effective.
But, more significantly, the move could open the floodgates for other Western nations to send tanks to Ukraine, he said, notably the mass-produced German-made Leopard 2 tanks that several European countries already use.
"The Leopard is not as good a tank one-on-one, but I'll take 400 Leopard over 10 Challenger 2," Crump said.
Representatives for Poland?said on Wednesday ?that the country plans to transfer Leopard tanks to Ukraine, but needed Berlin's permission to re-export them. Germany's Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck?said on Thursday? that it would not stand in Poland's way, and reports suggest that?Germany is also considering ?whether to follow suit.
The Challenger 2 is far superior to Russia's battle tanks
The powerful Challenger 2 tanks would easily outmatch Russia's battle tanks, mainly the Soviet-era T-72s, Crump said.
"The Challenger 2 was designed to do the job the Ukrainians need this tank to do," Crump, who has personally operated the tanks, said.
"They're certainly far better than anything the Russians have because everything we designed during the Cold War — so Challenger 2, Leopard 2, M1 Abrams in the US — all of these vehicles were designed to be substantially better than the Russian equivalent," he said.
The tanks measure around 27 feet and 3 inches tall, weigh 62.5 tons, and have a 1,200 brake-horsepower V-12 diesel engine.
In terms of firepower, the tank is equipped with three guns. The main armament is a 120 mm rifled gun that can fire anti-tank or high-explosive squash-head rounds, which Crump said are designed to take out things like slightly lighter vehicles and bunkers.
The other two guns are a chain gun and a hatch machine gun.
Crump said that the tank's fire-control system is incredibly accurate. He said that while the gun can fire much farther if needed, it is especially precise within a range of two kilometers, or around 1.2 miles.
In the first Gulf War in 1991, a British Challenger tank scored the longest tank-on-tank kill ever,?according to reports, ?after knocking out an Iraqi tank three miles away.
The tank has a laser-range finder that adjusts the gun before firing at a target, taking numerous factors like wind, temperature, and the direction the target vehicle is moving, into account.
Thermal imaging also helps track targets at night, and the commander's station has a periscope with 360-degree vision.
The tank's armor can survive a direct hit from a Russian T-72
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The tank can carry four crew members, including a commander and a gunner. They have what's known as a "hunter-killer capability," which refers to a targeting system where the gunner and the commander can track two separate targets simultaneously.
Another thing that makes the tanks especially formidable is that they are well-protected by Chobham armor, also known as Dorchester armor, which Crump said is some of the best armor in the world. The exact composition of the armor is top-secret, and it can survive a direct hit from a Russian T-72,?according to a report in The Telegraph .
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Crump said that, in his experience, what most impressed foreign commanders about the tank is its efficient suspension system, which allows it to easily glide over landscapes that other tanks could find difficult to traverse.
He said that his favorite feature of the tank is a large electric kettle that runs off the vehicle's power system and allows soldiers to make hot drinks and "boil-in-the-bag" meals.
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And here is Saint Marjorie Greenes newest home
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-marjorie-taylor-greene-race-and-ethnicity-europe-mitch-mcconnell-6dd6985db085537fcb103c0d022ac775
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GOP torn as Greene speaks to far right amid ‘Putin!’ chants
By LISA MASCARO
March 1, 2022
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., answers questions during a panel discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders in Congress are torn over what to do with?Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ?after the congresswoman spoke at a weekend event organized by a white nationalist who marveled over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as the crowd erupted in chants of “Putin!”
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy called the congresswoman’s speech on the same stage “unacceptable.” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said “there’s no place in the Republican Party for white supremacists.”
Yet it’s unclear whether Greene will face any further reprimand or rebuke for what is now an ongoing pattern of startling behavior. McCarthy had previously suggested the Georgia congresswoman, who is now barred by Democrats from committees, would?enjoy a promotion i ?f Republicans take control of the House.
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It all shows the difficulty Republican leaders have combating the party’s drift toward Trump-style authoritarianism and embracing right-wing extremism.
“This may be a chance to burn out the cancer of the Republican Party — those that are, you know, Putin sympathetic,” said Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., a former military pilot who broke with his party over the Trump presidency.
But he worries that McCarthy and other GOP leaders will stop short of kicking Greene out of the party. “He won’t because she has power, let’s be honest, but I’m embarrassed by it.”
The scrutiny over the congresswoman, who remains an outlier on Capitol Hill, comes as most of Congress is?largely unified in its condemnation of Russian President Vladimir Putin? and its support of Ukraine. Ahead of President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address, the invasion has proven to be a rare moment of common ground amid Democrats and Republicans as the U.S. defends the Western-style democracy.
This is not the first time Greene, of Georgia, has?broken the norms of political behavior? by associating with extremist groups, espousing conspiracy theories or musing about violence against politicians she disagrees with. Shortly after taking off in 2021, the?House voted to strip the new lawmaker of committee assignments? over her views and actions, in a largely party-line vote.
“For me, it was appalling and wrong,” McCarthy told reporters at the Capitol late Monday.
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Asked to elaborate Tuesday as cameras were rolling during a press conference at the Capitol, McCarthy demurred, declining further response, as other Republican leaders and lawmakers stood by. “There’s no place in our party for any of this,” he had said.
McConnell offered no public comments, but said in a statement from his office: ’There’s no place in the Republican Party for white supremacists or anti-Semitism.”
Greene defended her appearance at the America First Political Action Committee event, saying she will continue sharing her message to “every corner” of the U.S. She has said she did not personally know the organizer or his beliefs, and participated so she could speak to the large crowd.
But the organization is not unfamiliar to Greene or several other Republicans in Congress including Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who has said they had briefly considered?forming an America First Caucus in Congress . Another, Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., who has also spoken to the group.
The America First Political Action Committee was launched by Nick Fuentes, who is considered by anti-hate groups as a white nationalist. He grew to prominence after the 2017 neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville that brought the far-right’s enthusiasm for Donald Trump into the streets during the first year of his presidency.
Greene kicked off the group’s weekend conference in Florida, which was billed as a far-right alternative to the more established Conservative Political Action Conference that drew Trump and other GOP elected officials to Orlando over the weekend.
The congresswoman was welcomed to the stage after Fuentes led the crowd of mostly white men into a rousing embrace of Russia, marveling at its show of strength invading Ukraine.
“Can we get a round of applause for Russia?” he asked. The crowd chanted “Putin! Putin!”
Fuentes said more than 1,000 had gathered for his event, the third and biggest so far, and that the “secret sauce” of the organization’s strength was “these young white men.” He mocked the Democrats’ mantra that diversity is a strength.
Fallout has been mixed. On Tuesday, Republican U.S. Sen. candidate Herschel Walker dropped plans to attend a “Shall Not Be Infringed” rally for gun rights that Greene is set to host this upcoming weekend in Rome, Georgia.
Walker no longer plans to speak at the rally, spokesperson Mallory Blount told The Associated Press on Tuesday, without giving a reason.
But David Perdue, who the former Republican senator who Trump is backing in a primary challenge to incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp, still plans to attend.
“Perdue has also been clear that Putin is a murderer and a thug who has been enabled by Biden’s weakness and must be stopped,” said spokesperson Jenni Sweat.
Another Republican Senate candidate, Gary Black, the agricultural commissioner, said in a Tuesday statement that Greene’s ideas and judgement “are a poison in the bloodstream of our party.”
While McCarthy said he would be meeting with Greene, other Republicans were stepping in to offer their own views.
Asked if Greene or the others should be kicked out of the GOP, Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, once the party’s presidential nominee, said: “They should be laughed out.”
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Associated Press writer Jeff Amy in Atlanta and Alan Fram in Washington contributed to this report.
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Andrew Beckwith, PhD
Too busy with helping refugees to have a job now
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https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-claimed-destroyed-bradleys-us-hasnt-sent-them-to-ukraine-2023-1
You know how Kennedy stated about bearing the price for Freedom in the 1960s. Greenes version will be bearing the price for Vladimir Putin