Originally Posted by Pierre

Whilst I can appreciate the parallels with 1938, this is not the same as 1938.

NATO is a defensive alliance. Supplying small arms etc is one thing, supplying jets is quite another.

Putin is not going to attack NATO but if we keep giving him a reason to……………

This is a bad idea.

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It’s only not, whilst Putin decides it’s not. If he believes NATO is attacking him ( which would be a fair conclusion if NATO are supplying Ukraine jets)

Then World War 3 it could easily become.

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There may not be very many survivors from the next world war.

What was it Arthur C Clarke or Carl Sagan said. Something like. I don’t know what what weapons will be used in WW3, but the next war after that will be fought with sticks and stones.