Posted on 01/30/2023 6:11:19 PM PST by Mariner
US President Joe Biden has ruled out sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, despite renewed calls from Ukrainian officials for air support.
Asked by a reporter on Monday if the US would be providing the planes, Mr Biden replied simply "no".
His comment comes a day after Germany's leader also ruled out sending fighter jets.
Ukraine has said it needs the jets to take control of its airspace in its ongoing war with Russia.
F-16 Fighting Falcons are widely considered one of the world's most reliable fighter jets and are used by other countries, such as Belgium and Pakistan.
They would be a significant upgrade on the Soviet-era fighting jets Ukraine is currently using, which were made before the country declared independence from the USSR more than 30 years ago.
However, Mr Biden has repeatedly rebuffed Ukraine's pleas for the jets, instead focussing on providing military support in other areas.
The US announced last week that it would supply Kyiv with 31 Abrams tanks, with the UK and Germany also pledging similar support.
Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister, Andrii Melnyk, welcomed that announcement but asked allies for the creation of a "fighter jet coalition" that would also provide Ukraine with Eurofighters, Tornados, French Rafales and Swedish Gripen jets.
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That's a nice legal fiction, but the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire were the same thing. If you believe that the Latvian and Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republics were coequal with Russia in any meaningful sense of the word, I have a Kremlin Wall to sell you. Russia had an expansionist foreign policy under the Tsars, it did under the Soviets and it does now under Putin.
In fact, you could argue that Russia was *less* expansionist under the Soviets, at least after Trotsky was kicked out, than it is now (and that's in no way a defense of the Communists!).
Fascinating. I'm not aware of anybody, left, right or center, who holds this position.
“That’s a nice legal fiction, but the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire were the same thing.”
AGAIN, that shows the LACK OF EDUCATION on the part of most of the Neocon Supporters. During the Cold War, it was a given that the Warsaw Pact would roll through Western Europe unless blocked by Nuclear Weapons. Today, Russia cannot even get halfway though Ukraine.
...but nothing new here, the Neocon Supporters simply want WW3, so I guess we’ll have to throw away a bunch of cities for them (hopefully not in Texas, though).
“Fascinating. I’m not aware of anybody, left, right or center, who holds this position.”
Then tell your buddies to read up on who Reagan was up against.
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