Josh Marshall: 1 possibly 2 P-8 recon aircraft redeployed from Ukraine to US Southern border at same time of blowup

[Dennis Donovan]

‪Josh Marshall‬ ‪
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NEW: I understand that at right about the time of yesterdays blow up at the White House the US ordered the withdrawal of at least one and possibly two P-8 surveillance aircraft equipped with AAS radar pods which had been operating in the airspace over and around Romania and ordered them redeployed …

‪Josh Marshall‬ ‪
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2/ to the US southern border. These aircraft equipped with that equipment provide great visibility into marine activity on the Black Sea etc. Despite the order coming right about the same time as the Zelensky ambush I’m told these orders have enough bureaucratic complexity that it’s unlikely they …

‪Josh Marshall‬ ‪
@joshtpm.bsky.social‬
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3/ were a direct reaction to it. The redeployment would at least need to have been in the planning stages before the White House meeting. And the timing could be a coincidence entirely, at least in terms of this narrow set of events. Needless to say the intelligence provided by those aircraft …

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4/ would be and were of great assistance to the US’s erstwhile allies in Ukraine.
March 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM

4/ would be and we’re of great assistance to the US’s erstwhile allies in Ukraine.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) 2025-03-01T14:08:25.851Z

[Wingus Dingus]

1. Thank God we're not watching Russia anymore and will start doing recon

on potential roofers and strawberry pickers instead. Cause that's where the REAL threat is.

[BadgerKid]

2. Bureaucratic complexity, doubtful.

It’s not complex to believe T wants to facilitate the isolation, plundering, and maiming of the US, and then to have a prearranged plan to belittle Zelensky. Surveillance withdraw was going to happen anyway, agreement or not.