F16s, what's next? American boots on the ground?

 After F16s, what else? Will F16s be another 'game changer' weapon again being delivered to win the war? Nato and the USA are basically escalating the war into a direct involvement, when those F16s takes off from any Nato country, which Russia will definitely respond.

As with the other game changing weapons sent by Nato and the USA, they were mostly unsuitable to be used in Ukraine, either in the hands of untrained soldiers recruited on the rough, or the equally rough terrain that had been created by the Russian air strikes. Airports and runways are not going to be suitable for the F16s, either to take off or land.

The Challenger tanks sent by Britain were reported to be told by the Brits to stay hidden away in bunkers, for fear of being targeted by the Russians. Now, why sent tanks to be closeted inside bunkers for fear of being destroyed? To be used as museum pieces after the war is over?

The Leopard tanks sent by Germany and other Nato countries were said to be cutting-edge pieces modified for Ukraine, but were reported that they could not be supplied with the right calibre ammumition that fits their modifictions. Different countries made modifications using different calibre ammunitions and this caused a problem on the front with regard to ammunitions supplied. They turned out to be just sitting ducks.

And talking about training, how long is it going to take to train a F16 pilot with adequate skill to fly the plane in combat? A week? A month? No, it is going to take longer than that. The suspicion is that it will not be Ukrainians flying those planes if delivered. Nato pilots will be doing that and the training part is just pure propaganda to fool the Russians. Only problem is the Russians are not that easy to fool.

All said, the USA and Nato are now scrapping the bottom of their weapons stockpile, still flogging a dead horse. All that talk about Ukraine retaking 'pockets' of Russian controlled areas are nothing more than mere propaganda, to rally the Ukrainian troops with something to brag about, and stir their imagination that the war is turning in their favour. Even the Western media are relatively quiet about the Ukraine counteroffensive, with the realisation that the war is unwinnable. 

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