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Originally Posted by k0nr4d
No. First off, Poland didn't announce a plan - it made an offer.
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Yes, that was some "offer". Very charitable. "Offering" to have a target painted on the US instead of Poland.
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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?
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Do you seriously think Russia is going to forget the planes are from Poland because instead of flying direct, they had a stopover in Germany first?
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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.
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How is it getting yourself involved if there's a "green light" from NATO?
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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".
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Right, because Poland never wanted to do it, but didn't want to look like the ones rejecting it. Otherwise they could have simply ruled it out from the start.