times reports, despite the worrying troop movements, many analysts inside russia continue to doubt that mr. putin will actually order a full invasion. the risks would far exceed any of mr. putin s prior military pushes, like the five-day war against georgia in 2008, or the still simmering proxy war in eastern ukraine that he started in 2014. vladimir putin wants a promise from the united states that its neighbor, ukraine, will never be allowed to join nato. the united states and nato allies refused to give russia that guarantee, but they also note ukraine will not be offered membership in nato in the foreseeable future. sending over 140,000 russian troops to the ukraine border had already achieved most of what vladimir putin wanted. attention. a year ago, the president of trump
stay. that is actually the first line of the new york times list reporting on ukraine, under the headline putin is operating on his own timetable, and it may be a long one. the times reports, despite the worrying troop movements, many analysts inside russia continue to doubt that mr. putin will actually order a full invasion. the risks would far exceed any of mr. putin s prior military pushes, like the five-day war against georgia in 2008, or the still simmering proxy war in eastern ukraine that he started in 2014. vladimir putin wants a promise from the united states that its neighbor, ukraine, will never be allowed to join nato. the united states and nato allies refused to give russia that guarantee, but they also note ukraine will not be offered membership in nato in the foreseeable future. sending over 140,000 russian
the kremlin has said this draft isn t for the ukraine mission, but we know they lie. and it sure is notable that this is happening as russian forces are struggling. steve, do you have a thought on the message putin may be trying to send both inside and outside his country by announcing this draft at this time? you know, it s always interesting to try to read what signaling the kremlin and specifically what putin might be signaling. i m inclined to agree with spider on this. i think it s probably there s no doubt the russian military is not doing well and they need all they can get. they re doing these conscriptions along the normal schedule is not surprising. for me the most important signal i m trying to decrypt from moscow at this point is, are these military pushes and withdrawals that we re seeing on the russian side, withdrawing from the west, maybe moving into the east more, a prelude to try to maximize the diplomatic options that the russians have? can they say we ve taken o
served in the navy, flu hornet, f-18s off of aircraft carriers or the shutdown really is hitting the men and women in uniform. what do you think they are going to right now? the navy said they had to basically start some training. this is so frustrating at a time when service members relating to feel like they are supported by the american people and the government. the a lot of this comes down to the continuing resolution they ve been using to fund the military that affects their readiness dollars, ability to be prepared to fight. what happens is the military pushes forward all their assets that have to be deployed when the fighting is not available because of continuing resolutions. the other money isn t available for people to do the kinds of training and planning for future programs and operations that has to go to the wayside. a frustrating thing for people to service our country in
they probably no reason they should have done i. i hope the military pushes back and recognizes how important faith is. but we re not imposing it on anybody. pete, thank you. north korea sentenced an american to 15 years hard labor. in north korea that can mean death. that s next. have you eaten today? i had some lebanese food for lunch. i love the lebanese. i. i m not sure. enough of the formalities. lets get started shall we? jimmy how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? happier than dracula volunteering at a blood drive. we have cookies. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more.