We are likely to see it in a foreseeable future, right, it sure didn’t work for us! This guy, Stoltenberg, sounds like the musketeers, one for all, all for one. Let us wait and see if he means what he says…
Article 5 has yet to be put to test but let's look at the situation from another angle.
First US FM says that Poland should provide it's Migs to Ukraine.
“We are looking actively now at the question of airplanes that Poland may provide to Ukraine and looking at how we might be able to backfill should Poland decide to supply those planes,” Blinken said.
Poland had initially rejected the idea of sending its MIGs to Ukraine, fearing Russia could interpret the move as a
casus belli.
The United States is considering sending planes to Poland if Warsaw decided to send fighter jets to Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on a visit to Moldova on Sunday (6 March).
www.euractiv.com
Then Poland comes with the brilliant idea and says" Hey, why don't i give you the Migs and you as US would deliver them to Ukraine"
Poland has said it is ready to hand over all its MiG-29 jets to a U.S. air base in Germany and urged other NATO members with the same type of Russian-made warplanes to do the same, the Foreign Ministry has said, although a U.S. official later said the announcement was a "surprise."
www.rferl.org
And this idea suddenly becomes "not tenable" and "not substantive rationale" (US officials like the use fancy words when things not going in their direction) and they refuse Poland's offer.
The idea as laid out by Poland was too risky, Kirby said, as the US and NATO seek to avoid an outright conflict between the alliance and Russia
The Pentagon on Tuesday evening dismissed Poland's proposal floated hours earlier to transfer its MiG-29 fighter jets to the United States for delivery to Ukraine.
edition.cnn.com
So, US was trying to throw Poland under the bus? Poland is a NATO member, would US come in defense for Poland if Russia
interpete the action as Casus Belli?
Questions, questions but one thing is sure that US leadership is falling short on expectations.
