@Battlefield Were is my Season 2 battlepass?
You said that Phantom edition owners affected by the EA app outage get 12x Hardware & Career boosters as well as the Season 2 Battle Pass.
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I also spoke with someone on EA Help and they said that because I was given the boosters that I'm not eligible for the season 2 battlepass even though I have the Phantom Edition.
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.@POTUS .@jakejsullivan
Open letter to the President of the United States
Dear Mr. President:
As we collectively try to grasp the full horror of last nightโs terror attack on #Ukraine by the Putin regime it also has brought into absolute laser-like focus just what the stakes are in this perilous situation.
You see, sir, while I am a proud US Navy veteran I held no high rank, no prestigious command, garnered no extraordinary accolades. But when I raised my hand and took the oath at the apparent peak of Soviet military power before their state collapsed I was young but unquestionably not naรฏve. I knew exactly what I was committing myself to and why.
My squadron would be tasked with escorting and protecting the replenishment convoys to Europe if the Soviets came, as we used to say, rolling in through the Fulda Gap. We all knew very well what our decreasing by the hour odds of survival would be but nothing would have stopped us from doing whatever it possibly took to protect our charges and keep the NATO defense going. All of us in Combat Systems (and every single Sailor in the fleet along with every single Marine, Soldier, Airman & Coast Guardsman) would fight to the very last missile, the very last shell, the very last torpedo, and our very last breath to do our job and calling. Which was to protect not just our ship, our convoy, our Alliance, our country and loved ones but indeed the entire existence of our Western civilization and values as at its core that is what the Soviet aggression and war would be trying to annihilate.
Sadly, Mr. President, that precarious reality is with us once again.
The Putin regimeโs attacks on Ukraine is indeed an attack on our entire Western civilizationโs values & institutions and declares that intent crystal clearly in both words and action.
While the United States has provided much desperately needed support to Ukraine to help fight against this attack on all our values we hold so dear we have been so far working with the toothless, impotent, obsolescent policy of containment and โde-escalationโ. There simply is no analogue of these tentative, timid responses in the Putin regimeโs vocabulary, thoughts, or strategy. Indeed this type of response only encourages the regime to continue on their chosen path knowing they can wear down our support as for however long it takes in the present equilibrium as they do not have to concern themselves with public opinion.
And Mr.Sullivan, .@jakejsullivan, with all respect to your position, and I mean that sincerely, this is no longer nor has it ever been a time for calculating how many diplomats can preen on the head of a pin. It is unimaginable to me to build United States policy recommendations around โnot angering Putinโ. We are not in a theatrical diplomatic ballroom with subtle glances, knowing nods and a sharp retort substituting for immediate operational action. Advising โavoiding escalationโ cannot be a policy choice in the reality we find ourselves in right now; it is bluntly straightforward surrender.
Mr. President now is the time to heed the people that have actually militarily prepared for the times we are in โ such as our emeritus Supreme Commanders of NATO, our NATO allied commanders, and the people most affected by the immediate attacks, our Ukrainian allies.
Ask your Joint Chiefs how they would win โ not hold back, not slow down but WIN by making it untenable for Putinโs regime to continue any operations on Ukrainian soil โ if we ourselves had no Navy, virtually no Air Force and limited, slow replenishment of any weapons of response.
Ask your Chiefs what it would take to eliminate the Kerch Bridge along with the Russian airbases and all other logistic and operational hubs on Ukrainian land with a true no-fly zone over the ENTIRETY of Ukraine. Then provide those systems and weapons immediately in all the volume and amounts it will take with the same crisis exigency as would be if the USA was attacked.
We designed, paid for and built those systems over decades for EXACTLY this time, this need, this place, this emergency.
Provide the Ukrainian people and armed forces what they need to win โ again, WIN, not โattritโ, not โhold backโ as so far they are the only ones dying for the sacred values and beliefs we all claim to hold so dear. But if we do not do this now, immediately, with all possible resources and top priority they will not be the only ones sacrificing themselves for the entirety of civilization.
The distressing, stark reality is if we do not do this with all haste we will have no choice but to send not just those very same weapons and systems overseas but also thousands of our American men and women in our Armed Forces to die when Article 5 is invoked as there is zero doubt Putinโs regime will not stop with Ukraine if they are not stopped and expelled right there, right now.
Thank you for your time Mr. President and Mr. Sullivan.
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Long rant:
When Ukraine was invaded in February 2022, I will never forget how I felt. Scared. Angry. Upset. Helpless. But also thankful I was in Canada where I had the full support of my fellow Canadians. We are blessed to live in a multicultural society that values freedom, human rights and dignity.
When we held demonstrations for Ukraine, we always did it in approved public spaces. We were respectful. Never intimidated, harassed or attacked anyone. Notwithstanding the Russian community in Canada - we never EVER went to Russian neighbourhoods to cause conflict. Our message was about FREEDOM, liberation and survival.
Tonight I took my wife to see a comedy show downtown. For once we wanted to take a break from the war and pretend our lives were normal again. Unfortunately, there were different plans.
As we walked to the club, a Jewish man (he wore a kippah) walked past us. In his eyes he had the fear I had back in February 2022. But worse. He had something more terrifying - his face is still burned in my mind even as I write this. No Canadian should ever feel like this in our own country.
On the next street over on one of the busiest intersections in Toronto there was a massive Palestinian protest.
I saw hatred directed towards Jews calling for the destruction of Israel. I saw people jumping on cars and streetlights like thugs. Pro-Communist flags everywhere. One of the major highway on-ramp was blocked by aggressive Palestinian protesters.
Protestors were chanting outside a Jewish restaurant waiving Palestinian flags at patrons.... What does a Jewish business IN CANADA have to do with Israel? https://t.co/jxLuGn2lRt
In the ten years of suffering the russian genocide of Ukrainians, the Ukrainian community has never done any shit like this - there is absolutely excuse for this adolescent behaviour: https://t.co/Mafb3gN3mh
I saw anti-Ukrainian signs (below) - of course! Because we are white we aren't allowed to receive aid. How dare you drag my people's suffering into your bull shit?
This is not a demonstration supporting freedom. This is hatred. https://t.co/NGQiqpr7lE
All of my remaining sympathy for Palestinians and their cause is now gone. Spewing hatred, disrespecting my city, slandering Ukrainians and terrifying our fellow Jewish Canadians is NOT how you fight oppression. This is NOT how you fight for freedom.
Previously I said I would not get involved with this war... but this is different - my position has changed.
To that man who I saw on the street. I will not stand by silently while you walk our own streets in fear. Never again. I will not stay quiet anymore.
When Ukraine was invaded, the Jewish community stood and continues to stand with Ukraine. I will never forget this. Now its my turn to stand with you - your fight is now my fight.
To my NAFO fellas, if you disagree with what I said - I'm not going to waste my time arguing with you unfollow me and jog on. To those that urged me to stay to fight evil after Ukraine wins the war, I'm fucking staying. I wont stand by while innocent people in my city are made to feel fear.