Seriusly Len? How can "448 (Ukrainian) soldiers of a chemical, nuclear, and biological warfare battalion to support the invasion of Iraq in March 2003" be noncombative. If not actually participative in crimes against humanity (what chemical, nuclear or biological warfare is legal & not a crime - sarin, depleted uranium, mustard gas?) what did they do? Build hospitals for Kurds? Or accessories before & after the fact?

@FrayedBear They were there to advise on defence against chemical weapons attacks at the request of the Polish military as a scientific advisory unit, not combat soldiers.
I'm sorry if I did not make that clear in my choice of quotes.

@LenHazell53 true but a wonderful bit of research Len.. However as WMD stood for Words of Mass Deception do you think that 448 chemical warfare specialists played pool with the Poles all the time over there? No I don't think so either.

What has this got to do with your OP?

@LenHazell53 I would think quite a bit Len- American subterfuge, the eventual 2014 coup, military training & indocrination into American hatred of Russia.

What---ism is bringing up an unconnected issue.

Ukraine's past association with US imperialism (Iraq War) and its desire to join the tool of Western imperialism (NATO) is fundamentallly relevant to Russia's legitimate desire for Ukriane not to join NATO. Pointing out the aggressions of NATO and Ukraine are most relevant to this issue.

@Krish55
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[economist.com]

Were you there inciting the Ukrainians against their elected pro Russian government or simply teaching them genocide?

Did you see the links below about Ukriane's troops in Iraq? From US sources including the Army?

@Krish55 Yes and I commented on it if you had bothered to look.

@LenHazell53 Ukraine sent troops. At one point, they were the third largest group of foreign Occupiers. Someone else posted the link with that info below .

@Krish55 So you did not read my answers to fearless fire fly. Pathetic.
Carry on, keep making a bigger and bigger fool of yourself, it's still amusing for the moment, but will eventually get boring.

Ah the war of mass deception. Has your account been hacked Len?

@FrayedBear Don't tell me you are actually buying this arsehole's sack of bullshit please.

Now that is funny!

@Krish55 Or You know but like Putin, love to interpret that in your desired way.

@Diaco I actually dislike Putin.The issue is Russia's security in face of NATO's history of aggression, Ukraine attacking Iraq , and Ukriane's present desire to join NATO.

@Krish55 How about Russia's actions?!! what excuse about Crimea ?!

@Diaco Do you know its history?

@Krish55 Supposedly Nope, Pls. feed me!
oh, FYI, Ukraine's participation in Iraq wasn't at the "invasion" mission, but later as "peacekeeping troops" and NonCombat training mission. Nice try though!

@Krish55 do you Know the history of Ukraine?

@Charlene I don't question Ukraine's right to be a nation.

@Charlene, @Diaco So if troops from Belarus now enter Ukriane to "pacify" the areas Russia has already conquered, they should be considered "Peacekeepers" and not Invaders?

@Krish55 either you're a Putin's ass kisser or uneducated in this field, in the both case, stop it! FYI, "peacekeeping troops" forces have been there after ppl celebration, Iraq legal election, and new independent goverment.

@Diaco
So when it's a brown country the invaders are Peacekeepers.
When it's a white country or US ally, the invaders are Invaders.

Got it!

@Krish55 Apparently, you have a hard time understanding my simple English, perhaps it's my bad!
but You bet on the dead horse and standing on the wrong side of history. irony is you think the whole world are Wrong and you just made a discovery and found the pure truth! just look at the United Nations. you can't justify and clean Russia Actions with others wrongs. again read more, less RT.

@Krish55 that's not what I asked..but at least you acknowledge Ukraines right to exist..now tell that to Puti..

@Charlene [mronline.org]

@Charlene, @Diaco 1st Ukrainian troops into Iraq were not peacekeepers but the experts in WMD only it turned out that WMD means WORDS OF MASS DECEPTION just the same as much of the bullshit that you are now swallowing lock stock & barrel.

@FrayedBear Aahahaha, You!... a Putin's ass kisser and RT, Sputniknews Lover! ... for sure you are RIGHT

@Diaco the last source that I used is very American. Read
[mronline.org]

And

[globalresearch.ca]

Then tell me that Russia is worse!

That 2015 Fox article is misleading.
. . . the first sentence
"President Viktor Yushchenko (search) has signed the order to withdraw Ukraine's troops"
. . . the third sentence
"Earlier this month Yushchenko and top defense officials ordered Ukraine's soldiers to leave by year's end"

In 2015 Petro Poroshenko was President of Ukraine.

@FearlessFly The article mentions Poro, I guess there was a change of gov't that year.

@Krish55 . . . wrong again :

[en.wikipedia.org]

@FearlessFly So you think they got the leaders mixed up? Not unusual for Fox!

That was a contingent of Ukrainian soldier on secondment to the Polish army sent toward the end of the occupation to train Irqui soldiers and police officers they were not combatants. The article dates from 2008

@LenHazell53 "More than 5,000 Ukrainian troops have served in Iraq during Ukraine's five years of service in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom."

"The Ukrainians served as the third-largest Coalition forces contingent in Iraq, with about 1,700 soldiers from 2003-2005. "

. . . seems that some of the Ukrainians were there since 2003 . . .

@FearlessFly That is a misinterpretation, yes there were Ukrainian troops in Iraq from 2003 but many of them were US nationals serving in the US military these two guys for example

Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, and his brother Lt. Col. Yevgeny E. Vindman, Ukrainian born and US citizens as well as decorated war heroes

NO Ukrainian nationals serving in the Ukrainian armed forces participated in the actual invasion.

@LenHazell53 . . . source ?

@FearlessFly
Allied Participation in Operation Iraqi Freedom
by
Stephen A. Carney
Center of Military History
United States Army
Washington, D.C., 2011

and the third largest force in Iraq was Poland, not Ukraine, which to be fair did encompass 448 Ukrainian specialist in chemical warfare as consultants.
oN 28 August 2003 by 1,621 troops from Ukraine were serving in the at Al Kut, Wasit Province, this was the largest amount of Ukrainian soldier to be deployed during the whole conflict at that time under secondment to the Korean Republic deployment carrying out humanitarian and reconstructive work.

Just a Putin apologist

To sow the seeds of untruth….and kick a nation when they’re down I’d say, just to make mischief.

Ukraine's past association with US imperialism (Iraq War) and its desire to join the tool of Western imperialism (NATO) is fundamentallly relevant to Russia's legitimate desire for Ukriane not to join NATO. Pointing out the aggressions of NATO and Ukraine are most relevant to this issue.

@Krish55 I suppose you are just trying to rile up the crowd, if not, perhaps it’s time to pull your head out of your ass.

I can find absolutely no connection. Must be Russian misinformation (and, I don't see that either).

He can’t…they were never there!

@Marionville . . . see LenHazells' latest responses

From what sources are you claiming Ukraine was involved? Those were atrocities; now, how was Ukraine a participant? Sources?

Ukraine had no involvement in the invasion or in any of these disgusting and degrading activities. As far as I can ascertain it was US troops solely who participated in them. As no Ukrainian soldiers were ever there it’s a slander to allege that they were involved.

@Beowulfsfriend Ukraine was never even there never mind being involved in this depravity.