22-08-2023, 07:58 PM
(22-08-2023, 07:53 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: F-16 Transfer To Ukraine – Theatrics Aimed At Forcing Russia To The Negotiating Table: OPEDThe theatrics suggest NATO is not aiming for an escalation straightaway but rather opting for a carrot-and-stick approach to force Russia to come to the negotiating table. Not because Russia is losing the war but because the West has finally realized that Ukraine could lose the war.
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/f-16-trans...ng-russia/
A realistic timeline for the operational deployment of the F-16 fighters in Ukraine could easily stretch to mid-2024, if not later. By then, to quote William Shakespeare in Macbeth, the hurly-burly may well be done, and the battle may well be lost and won.