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Jay Berman's avatar

Acting with consensus is hard and sometimes a messy thing, but is the correct course at this time. Maybe we need more action and faster to save Ukraine. I hope that is the goal.

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Chris J. Karr's avatar

"Perhaps this is a bit of passive aggressive theater. From Vladimir Putin’s chair (at the end of a very long table), whether the U.S. balks or not, this could be used as a provocation, or at least for propaganda purposes. It also shows the world exactly who’s boss, and that would not be the United States or President Joe Biden. Biden is reacting like he is walking on eggshells not to provoke Mr. Putin, who is calling all the shots in his war. This gives Putin the initiative in tactical, strategic, and political terms."

"By having a rather public disagreement on the provision of fighter jets to Ukraine, NATO has signaled to the world that we are indeed not really on the same page, merely the same chapter. We cannot pretend that Putin will not use this to further his own aims and weaken the global alliance now determined to punish Russia."

There's also a theory in play that this disagreement is All Part of the Plan and intended to provide plausible deniability for Poland, the US, and NATO when Ukrainians start flying the extra planes that fell off the truck. As far as I know, Zelenskyy has been quiet on this matter, which may or may not be a signal that someone's playing 4-D chess well (or checkers poorly).

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