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U.S. surprised at Poland's decision to give it fighter jets for Ukraine
Reuters ^
| March 8, 2022
Posted on 03/08/2022 2:38:16 PM PST by McGruff
Poland's decision to put all its MiG-29 fighter jets at the disposal of the United States was "a surprise move" by Warsaw, the U.S. State Department's No. 3 diplomat said on Tuesday, after Ukraine asked European countries to provide aircraft to help it fight Russia's invasion.
"To my knowledge, it wasn't pre-consulted with us that they planned to give these planes to us," State Department Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. "So I think that actually was a surprise move by the Poles," she said.
Poland is ready to deploy all its MiG-29 jets to Ramstein Air Base in Germany and put them at the disposal of the United States, and urges other NATO members that own planes of that type to do the same, the Polish Foreign Ministry said earlier.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: chechens; chechnya; nato; nuland; poland; putinsbuttboys; putinworshippers; russia; russianaggression; ukraine; zottherussiantrolls
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posted on
03/08/2022 2:38:16 PM PST
by
McGruff
To: McGruff
Confirmed that the Poles just legit publicly called the bluff.
Now what?
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posted on
03/08/2022 2:39:33 PM PST
by
BusterDog
To: McGruff
Think one person would ask him.
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posted on
03/08/2022 2:39:40 PM PST
by
AnthonySoprano
(And the Wuhan Flu came from a food market and Joe Biden comes from the black community )
To: McGruff
Go Poland! The Biden Administration threw you under the bus, first!
This lets WW III be just between the US and Russia.
Unfortunately.
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posted on
03/08/2022 2:40:22 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: McGruff
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posted on
03/08/2022 2:41:16 PM PST
by
McGruff
(The first casualty when war comes is truth)
To: McGruff
Then how are they going to get the replacement F-16s if we didn’t already approve it? Something smells here. The stench of biden. And I thought old cabbage hillary was bad.
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posted on
03/08/2022 2:43:36 PM PST
by
JoSixChip
(2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
To: McGruff; All
Wait. They gave them to us and we gave them to Ukraine.
But we didn’t know we did that?
Usual bitched bs Biden crew.
But that “40-mile convoy” about to go Highway to Hell.
To: McGruff
ummmm, really???
we told them we’d backfill all their planes...
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posted on
03/08/2022 2:45:40 PM PST
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: BusterDog
You have to laugh: no. 3 of the US diplomatic corps blindsided by the Polish Foreign Ministry.
Top Men!
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posted on
03/08/2022 2:47:32 PM PST
by
pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
To: McGruff
The Poles are looking to get a deal on more F-16s.
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posted on
03/08/2022 2:47:37 PM PST
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: McGruff
I think Ukraine will be enjoy the fighter jets even more than the cookies.
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posted on
03/08/2022 2:48:03 PM PST
by
Renfrew
To: TigerClaws
that “40-mile convoy” about to go Highway to Hell. I don't know how they are going to get there without being destroyed. Probably as soon as they enter Ukraine territory. Maybe sooner.
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posted on
03/08/2022 2:48:04 PM PST
by
McGruff
(The first casualty when war comes is truth)
To: McGruff
Somehow, the US Taxpayers will get the bill for this.
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posted on
03/08/2022 2:48:09 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: ConservativeMind
Yep, Blinken out there saying it was up to the poles, that the US would support their decision. Poles just made sure the US can’t hang them out to dry. One thing for sure about Biden and his followers, they don’t know how to play poker at all.
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posted on
03/08/2022 2:49:11 PM PST
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: pierrem15
You have to laugh: no. 3 of the US diplomatic corps blindsided by the Polish Foreign Ministry.
Top Men!
Not really surprised. it was written, implemented by lobbyists. why involve the diplomatic corps?
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posted on
03/08/2022 2:49:27 PM PST
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: McGruff
It takes me a while sometimes. biden crowd did it and lamestream tries to give biden crowd cover. biden gives ukraine fighter jets.
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posted on
03/08/2022 2:50:28 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them)
To: McGruff
“So I think that actually was a surprise move by the Poles,”
Hate to tell you Victoria, but Poland called your bluff.
And by the way, no more Polish jokes-—because the Poles are now mega-smarter than any of the Biden Crime Family members.
To: McGruff
Rooskie S400 at the corner of Poland, Belarus and Ukraine.
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posted on
03/08/2022 2:52:45 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Presbyterian Reporter
“...no more Polish jokes...”
The Polish seem to have a much greater comprehension of Personal Liberty than do Americans or Canadians.
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posted on
03/08/2022 2:54:39 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: BusterDog
Last weekend U.S secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Poland was in preparations to send their MIG fighter planes to Ukraine, and the U.S. would be replacing them. It was a stunning statement considering that Poland is a NATO ally, and Russia would certainly see this effort as increasing direct confrontation. However, a few hours later Poland issued a statement essentially refuting the claims by Secretary Blinken and saying they had no intent to send fighter jets into Ukraine. Essentially the government of Poland called Blinken a liar.
In a stunning exhibition of poor diplomacy with very serious consequences, the State Department did not retract the weekend claims by Blinken, instead they doubled down saying that Poland was going to send fighter planes into Ukraine, which means NATO would be entering the conflict, which means U.S. forces would soon join the battle. Drawing the U.S. into the war, looks like intent of Blinken’s effort.
However, in a statement today, again highlighting they have no intent to trigger World War III (despite the best efforts of the U.S), Poland is calling Blinken’s bluff {SOURCE}.
I screen captured it, because I do not want anyone to miss the direct framework of the Polish position:
Everything about that statement, including the headline, shouts that Poland is calling Anthony Blinken’s bluff.
Essentially Poland is saying:
“Bulls**t, on all of this. The U.S. is lying. We are not going to start World War II, but if you intend to – well, here’s the tools, you start the war.”
It is a stunning statement, and a jaw-dropping situation.
The U.S. State Department is trying to use Poland to trigger a NATO war against Russia. Poland wants no part of that and is directly and specifically telling the world that Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is lying. Yet somehow, the media don’t report on this.
Here’s the previous stuff:
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posted on
03/08/2022 2:57:50 PM PST
by
Bratch
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