We’ve heard some hot takes on how to deal with Russia, including getting directly involved — Rep. Adam Kinzinger said “we own the skies” and should establish a U.S.-led no-fly zone over Ukraine. Failed House candidate Pam Keith suggested dropping a MOAB on “Putin’s hidey-hole.” If only there were something the U.S. could do besides arm the Ukrainians and feed them intel.
Naveed Jamali says Russian missteps have opened the door for President Biden to wage a “secret drone war” in Ukraine. The idea is simple: the U.S. sends some drones to blow up that Russian military convoy, and when the Russians find out where the drone came from, America just says they supplied Ukraine with the drone and they deployed it.
#exclusive Russias missteps and lack of air superiority open door for Biden to use armed drones in Ukraine, sources tell me. https://t.co/1Itnuf2esu
— Naveed Jamali (@NaveedAJamali) March 1, 2022
"Biden's statement about no U.S. service members in Ukraine opens the door wide to covert drones as well as CIA paramilitary in the country," one former senior U.S. intelligence officer told Newsweek.
— Naveed Jamali (@NaveedAJamali) March 1, 2022
"The Russians don't have the time to conduct forensics [on destroyed Russian vehickes]," the former senior U.S. intelligence officer said, "and the U.S. could claim they (the drones) were donated to Ukraine."
— Naveed Jamali (@NaveedAJamali) March 1, 2022
Naveed, come on. The second an AGM-114 fragment is identified, and it WILL be identified, it will immediately escalate things out of control.
— Jon Bernstein (@Cobrahistorian) March 2, 2022
Again, the purpose of the article was to discuss a capability using plausible deniability. You don’t need to hide an MQ9 or hellfire was used, you need to hide who was (or wasn’t) flying it. Sources told us in great detail about how difficult it is to attribute drone piloting.
— Naveed Jamali (@NaveedAJamali) March 2, 2022
A lot of people are really jazzed about this secret drone war and want it to begin immediately.
Guess it’s no longer a secret then if we’re reading about it here.
— Mark Bugbee 67 (@MarkBugL) March 2, 2022
Not so secret anymore is it….
— EHBN1998 (@EHBN1998) March 2, 2022
Should this information be shared on social media? It does nothing for our security, and a lot to put us in danger's way.
— Still Cranford (@skittavly) March 1, 2022
This exclusive isn’t so exclusive now, is it? pic.twitter.com/CYzOWJhORg
— Roberto (@rcsamayoa) March 2, 2022
https://twitter.com/IllyOfTheValley/status/1498977729365958657
For obvious reasons you shouldn't be writing about this and sharing it publicly.
— Ponziverse (@Here_to_learn_A) March 2, 2022
Why even leak the idea of there was an intent to follow through on such a plan?
— Aaron M. Honsowetz (@AaronHonsowetz) March 1, 2022
Unverified and dangerous….great idea
— OMG 🇺🇦 (@murrayjohnsonjr) March 1, 2022
“Russia we’ll never know it was us!!”
(As we announce it on the internet)
— Christopher Mills (@cjmills82) March 2, 2022
Terrible idea if there’s even 0.01% chance of Russia finding out about this being implemented. In my humble opinion.
— David True (@DavidLiveTrue) March 2, 2022
https://twitter.com/cigar_bourbon/status/1498832003264880644
Why on earth would you publish a speculative article like this quoting unnamed sources?
Why are you doing this when the US is working overtime *not* to escalate with an autocrat with nukes who is increasingly desperate and paranoid?
— K.B. Hudson (@kathleenbhudson) March 1, 2022
This is one of the single dumbest and most irresponsible pieces of writing I’ve seen in the last week and that’s saying something
— K.B. Hudson (@kathleenbhudson) March 1, 2022
https://twitter.com/jarjarbinks/status/1498817596875059200
https://twitter.com/NonofyoBidnes/status/1498813799373156360
Are you morons nuts?
— GrilledTomatoes (@TomatoesGrilled) March 2, 2022
Moronic unserious take.
— Emli Muy (@EmliMuy) March 2, 2022
Shut the hell up.
— Cult of the Offensive (@OffensiveCult) March 2, 2022
This all comes from “one former senior U.S. intelligence officer” who remains unnamed, so make of that what you will.
Related:
Failed Democratic House candidate says RIGHT NOW is the time to drop a MOAB on Putin’s hidey-hole https://t.co/T9gFx9znlW
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 1, 2022
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