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[–] MeowWeHaveAProblem@toast.ooo 39 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm thinking its all a show/lie. When it doesn't show up he is to be able to tell the American people that Ukraine is driving up prices and attacking american fuel...

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh, definitely. He's gonna use it to cut all US support to Ukraine. Which would also help Putin a lot.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They still offer intelligence support I believe. Don't think they give anything else otherwise and haven't ever since Trump took power.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

IIRC there was a group being trained to fly the F-16 but it was other countries offering to give them the planes so we couldn’t even be bothered to commit a 60 year old airframe

America is fighting on too many fronts, the Ukrainian coup and following militarisation was just too greedy when they also needed to secure their hegemony in their own region (hence the recent Venezuelan and Brazilian interventions, and the yap regarding Canada and Mexico). Maybe they thought it was gonna be over quickly? Miscalculation or not, the right people still got paid, I guess.