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To: combjelly who wrote (801759)	8/15/2014 5:14:17 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576323

Yeah, I know. The point I was trying to make is if most of the trucks are empty, then this was a decoy. It would explain why it took so long to get there. Now it is unlikely that Putin wanted to demonstrate that he didn't care about humanitarian aid to the Russian speaking Ukrainians. It is likely they were mostly empty because they ran out of time, not because they were cheap. So, why? Now it could be that he wanted the trucks inside of Ukraine and that was the intention. Trucks are useful if you want to do a highly mobile assault. So maybe troops have been trickling in and are in hiding and the trucks are intended to gather and transport them. I wonder if the white paint on those trucks easily washes off with water? Some are just covered with white tarps, those convert to full military colors easily. Or it could be that other convoys crossed in other places. Motorized weapons aren't as critical to have pre-positioned. But with 260 trucks, say 20 per truck, you are looking at 5200 highly mobile troops. They could secure a large area and set up air defenses before the rest of the 20000 come across the border. With any of those scenarios, its such a trojan horse play..........did he really think the Ukrainians and the rest of the world would simply smile and say what a nice leader to help the poor Ukrainians effected by the war? Unless, of course, its like you say.........he's doing something else in another part of the border and hoping that the hum. convoy will distract attention. It is likely they were mostly empty because they ran out of time, not because they were cheap. I don't get what you mean by this............he ran out of time loading the trucks? Hm. How many troops was the Russians supposed to have in Crimea? Wasn't it in the 5000-6000 range? Nah. I think its more. Under the treaty with Ukraine, I believe the Russians could have up 25K soldiers in Crimea. I think they used16K to do the overthrow.