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. and we only made the decision to go forward with thisjust a little over a month ago. this could have been done a yearago, and ukraine would already have those things. and 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 in
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
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 president biden s assisting ukraine in its efforts. 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. and we only made the decision to go forward with thisjust a little over a month ago. this could have been done a yearago, and ukraine would already have those things. and 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 se