Re:Finland will seek NATO membership immediately
by dragonwriter on Thursday May 12, 2022 @11:43AM
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> It only gets weapons, and western politicians (mostly US) keep making sure that they do not get the big guns (regarding e.g. airplanes).
US has directly supplied them with airplanes of the same type they use (not operational as is, but enabling them to return 20 of their existing aircraft to service through parts.)
Re:Finland will seek NATO membership immediately
by CRConrad on Thursday May 12, 2022 @11:39AM
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> western politicians (mostly US) keep making sure that they do not get the big guns
"US"? Must be a typo for "Germany".
That's not saying much. Ukraine isn't receiving military support from NATO countries. It only gets weapons, and western politicians (mostly US) keep making sure that they do not get the big guns (regarding e.g. airplanes). Initially Germany blocked Estonia from giving weapons to Ukraine, and English airplanes carrying weapons for Ukraine had to make a detour not to cross German airspace. If Ukraine was a NATO state, none of that could happen, even with some politicians being cozy with Russia, as was evident now.