U.S. To Assist Ukraine's Military In Targeting Pro-Russian Rebel Forces

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Ukraine President-elect Petro Poroshenko in Warsaw June 4, 2014. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Pentagon Plan Would Help Ukraine Target Rebel Missiles -- New York Times

The Pentagon and American intelligence agencies are developing plans that would enable the Obama administration to provide specific locations of surface-to-air missiles controlled by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine so the Ukrainian government could target them for destruction, American officials said.

But the proposal has not yet been debated in the White House, a senior administration official said. It is unclear whether President Obama, who has already approved limited intelligence sharing with Ukraine, will agree to give more precise information about potential military targets, a step that would involve the United States more deeply in the conflict.

Already, the question of what kind of intelligence support to give the Ukrainian government has become part of a larger debate within the administration about how directly to confront President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and how big a role Washington should take in trying to stop Russia’s rapid delivery of powerful weapons to eastern Ukraine.

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My Comment: I guess President Obama is making good on his promise last month to Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko that the U.S. will assist Ukraine's military. But as much as the White House and the New York Times tries to sugar-coat this possible military assistance .... bottom line .... if the U.S. starts to provide targeting coordinates for the Ukraine military .... the U.S. is now involved in this civil war. And if those coordinates are wrong and/or not given accurately .... and some of these military strikes end up destroying Russian military units and/or killing civilians on Russian soil .... what do you think is going to happen next?

As I had mentioned in an earlier post .... the possibility of miscalculation is now incredibly high .... and I sincerely do not think the White House knows what it is doing or has any sensitivity on what could be the consequences. It is damn the torpedoes .... full steam ahead.