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lethal weaponry to ukraine, including cluster munitions. why is it ok for the us to do this? well, because russia is the aggressor and they should not be doing it, and it is only fair and right for ukraine to be in a position to defend itself. it is a fundamentally different position that ukraine is in, as compared with russia. what difference will these weapons make to ukraine on the ground? well, ukraine, as we have seen, has been able to advance on the battlefield, but only very slowly, and that s because of the minefields and the trenches that have been put in place by the russians as defensive measures to prevent the ukrainians from advancing. using these types of munitions will substitute for single shot artillery shells. they will cover more ground and they will force the russians to have to withdraw their personnel to avoid these types of weapons, which will make it more feasible for the ukrainians to advance more quickly. there are many americans who, of course, support presi
one of the things ukraine has asked for is fighterjets. couldn t america have given fighterjets instead? could have and should have and still must do. there s a decision made that f 16s will go to ukraine and a consortium of countries, including the uk and the netherlands and denmark, are working to make that happen, but that requires american support, as it s an american system. we only made the decision to go forward with thisjust a little over a month ago. this could have been done a year ago and ukraine would already have those things. now it s still going to take well into next year for these planes to be ready. one of the issues with cluster munitions is, of course, the long term implications of their use. america s willing to send them now, rightly or wrongly. is america going to be willing to stump up the cash in the years to come, in the clean up operation, which will be inevitable? yes, we re faced with this already. there are areas of ukraine that have suffered an inordinate
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