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What you're saying is correct but is missing one important factor. Former Warsaw pact countries shipped their Soviet era materiel to Ukraine and are backfillin
by SanjayMehta 3y ago
What you're saying is correct but is missing one important factor.
Former Warsaw pact countries shipped their Soviet era materiel to Ukraine and are backfilling with modern NATO equipment.
- notahacker 3y agoOh, agreed, they'll still make money from replacement programs being brought forward But if they were driving the narrative we wouldn't have weapons sent following months of government's explaining that actually it wouldn't be a good thing to send these weapons to Ukraine because they'd struggle for reliability in the conditions and Ukranian mechanics wouldn't be able to handle them, so in a way sending them older tech was doing them a favour....
- SanjayMehta 3y agoShort term thinking drives their narratives. And money. Take the F-16s question. Last year Biden said sending F-16s to Ukraine would mean World War 3, now he's changed his mind. Technically he's not sending them, but he's not holding back on others sending them. The next escalation will have him sending them. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MpMbBl24L0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MpMbBl24L0 2. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65649471 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65649471