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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichael McFaul to NATO leaders: Send all MIG fighter jets that we have to Ukraine NOW!
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WA-03 Democrat
(3,017 posts)lame54
(35,130 posts)msongs
(67,193 posts)Wingus Dingus
(8,049 posts)highplainsdem
(48,718 posts)Ilsa
(61,675 posts)Ilsa
(61,675 posts)Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)he also happens to be what everyone above said, but I think the most important thing is that he's some dude on twitter.
I know. I know. God damn millennials!!!!
lame54
(35,130 posts)Wingus Dingus
(8,049 posts)relayerbob
(6,508 posts)Slovakia has nothing else, and their planes are maintained by Russians. Bulgaria is in a similar situation, and NATO as a whole is concerned about this pushing Putin over the edge. We appear to be giving the Russians every reasons to oust Putin and zero reason to expand the war.
Chainfire
(17,304 posts)This war has already lasted twice as long as Putin thought it would. With world-wide sanctions, his position gets weaker every day. There will come a time when he outlives his usefulness. Lets give sanctions a while to work.
ColinC
(8,227 posts)Putin already has declared sanctions and military support to Ukraine is an act of war on Russia. The question is he suicidal enough to escalate this to a nuclear war just to keep Ukraine? He and his leadership have family all over the west. Nuclear war means he and their entire families die. They aren't that suicidal. They are just pyschopathic opportunists. We need to get involved now.
JudyM
(29,122 posts)Tough call. He is learning a lot about brinksmanship with world powers by pushing the limits like this. Ukraine is not the endgame for him.
relayerbob
(6,508 posts)Putins days are numbered, his successors will blame this all on him and retreat back to try to rebuild.
JudyM
(29,122 posts)relayerbob
(6,508 posts)Response to highplainsdem (Original post)
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relayerbob
(6,508 posts)We can send them modern replacements from our inventories and buy more to replace ours over the longer term
Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)I didn't see any S-300 or similar systems.
nycbos
(6,032 posts)I'm guessing Ukrainians haven't been trained on our plans yet.
BlueWavePsych
(2,634 posts)chowder66
(9,010 posts)Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)status. Although, they are getting a lot of support even without that.
Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)I'm guessing that is what has complicated things, aye?
albacore
(2,386 posts)..to fudge the radar.
NOT my MOS (I was 0331), but I know those POG nerds know how to do all that kinda shit.
marie999
(3,334 posts)Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)That's just asking for problems. Don't need another MH-17 incident.
But I meant what country's airfields would they come from. Even with Ukrainian pilots, would that be considered flying missions from those airfields even if they are just ferrying them? Would they be armed during the ferrying operations?
FakeNoose
(32,328 posts)We're going to help Poland by sending some of our used (but good condition) F-16s to replace the MIGs that they will give to Ukraine. I'm sure this will meet Michael McFaul's approval.
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