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poland came up with the idea of offering to fly the jets to the ramstein airbase, the american airbase, in germany, with a view that the jets being flown onto ukraine. this came as a complete shock to the americans. as you said, the state department said they are surprised by this polish offer and they had not been prewarned about it. just recently, the pentagon has gone even further and said this plan is untenable. it said the idea of flying jets out of eight us nato airbase in germany into the contested airspace in russia over ukraine would seriously harm the nato alliance. i think that is pentagon speakfor alliance. i think that is pentagon speak for suggesting that could lead to the third world war because they have been warning for many days now that anything to do with nato jets in no fly zones or any kind of nato involvement over ukraine would be a provocation
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have upped the pressure on the Biden administration to support Poland’s plan to send fighter jets to Ukraine, despite officials’ insistence the idea is moot.