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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Looks like this was the plan, those Ukranian pilots weren't training here for no reason.
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It was the UK/Dutch/Danish plan for sure. There is a disturbingly large constituency in the US administration that is trying to play great power politics with Ukraine, and seems content to arm Ukraine enough to prevent Russia making further inroads but really doesn’t like the idea of what might happen to Russia if it is soundly defeated. Every major arms transfer from the US has followed pressure from European NATO members. That was a bit subtle at first, but has become increasingly blatant.
Commentators who have called this correctly at every stage (like the American war studies prof, Phillips O’Brien, who is based at St Andrews Uni here in Scotland) are saying that the F-16 announcement is such a screeching U-turn for the US that it looks like Biden has been listening to the ‘de-escalation’ faction in his administration up til now but has now personally decided to over-rule it and change direction.