The planes

Update 3/10/22: To save face, the US government is saying that we can't help Ukraine with a no-fly zone because we don't want to risk the lives of US pilots or have them fighting Russian pilots in Ukraine. But this is so disingenuous. Ukraine has not asked for US pilots, they have asked for the planes alone which they themselves would fly. We won't give them the planes because we don't have the integrity to do what's necessary to help save Ukraine. We would rather they just give up. God help us if we ever need help.



As Russia sends missles raining down on civilian targets in Ukraine, the Ukrainians have asked for planes so they can defend their own airspace, given we are too frightened to provide them with a no-fly zone: our planes might have to shoot down Russia's planes and then Putin would be really mad at us.

So we asked NATO allies like Poland to give the Ukrainians their old Russian planes to fly themselves. But Poland didn't want to directly give the planes to Ukraine: the Russians might realize that Poland gave Ukraine the planes and then Putin would be really mad at them.

So then Poland said to us - we'll give you the planes, and you can give them to Ukraine. But we didn't want to do that: the Russians might realize that we gave Polish planes to Ukraine and then Putin would be really mad at us.

Now the US is saying that Ukraine doesn't really need the planes after all.

Holy sh*t, give Ukraine the effing plabes while there are still some Ukrainians left alive to save.

Washington Post: Send Ukraine planes now