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Jacqui Heinrich
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🚨Pentagon nixes Polish plan to give MiGs to Ukraine via Ramstein:
departing from a U.S./NATO base in Germany to fly into airspace that is contested with Russia over Ukraine raises serious concerns for the entire NATO alliance simply not clear there is substantive rationale.
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4:06 PM · Mar 8, 2022
Work it the fuck out
canuckledragger
(1,637 posts)Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,425 posts)Germany to Poland, or from Poland to the Ukraine?
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(52,220 posts)I thought the idea was Polish planes go to Ukraine, and separately, different US planes go to Poland.
US Planes going from Germany to Poland shouldn't be an issue.
Planes going from Poland to Ukraine shouldn't be a problem as long as the don't leave from a US/NATO airbase.
LuckyCharms
(17,425 posts)country, period. It's not real clear in the write up. I share your confusion.
You are correct that the planes would leave from Poland, and then be replaced by the US, in Poland. But since Poland is a NATO country, they might be saying that the action would be an act of war by NATO?
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(52,220 posts)But Russia has already said that the sanctions are an act of war so what does it matter.
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(52,220 posts)Shanti Shanti Shanti
(12,047 posts)Trailrider1951
(3,414 posts)Perhaps they'll care when the Russians show up on their doorstep.
bluestarone
(16,939 posts)involved in discussions? i'm sure WE would be involved in the war if WE gave planes to Poland? Not sure what's going on.
world wide wally
(21,743 posts)Right, Joe?
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)This is breathtakingly shameful. We have to do SOMETHING to save all those people.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)See #11 here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216458969
bluewater
(5,376 posts)maxsolomon
(33,338 posts)There will be a workaround found. Sounds like maybe Poland jumped the gun.