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Originally Posted by ZTT
No, the US simply rejected a new plan that Poland announced without warning.
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No. First off, Poland didn't announce a plan - it made an offer. Our PM said "Poland would only provide jets to Ukraine directly if all NATO members agree, as Russian officials have threatened countries that undertake such moves".
When Poland was going to do it, there was a green light. When the US was to do it, suddenly "The intelligence community has assessed the transfer of MiG-29s to Ukraine may be mistaken as escalatory, and could result in significant Russian reaction that might increase the prospects of a military escalation with NATO". You say they had no option but to reject - but look at WHY they rejected it. Why was it completely fine for Poland to give the planes? Because then the potential war would be on Polish soil and not in the US, and NATO could tell us to go fuck ourselves because it's a defense pact and we "got ourselves involved". Simple as that.
What happened here is the state department instigated Poland to offer its planes to UA, but Poland handed back the stick and said "here, you poke the bear".