Of the 32 pilots sent by Ukraine for training on the F-16, only 8 have sufficient English language skills to partake in the training. Needless to say no U.S. trainers are proficient in Ukrainian.
Moral: be prepared to see U.S."mercenary" pilots flying these planes if the program ever gets off the ground (pun intended).
The military "experts", retired generals, admirals and CIA analysts were all over the Sunday news programs espousing that Ukraine's counter offensive can succeed without air support.
Seems to be a repeat of the 50+ security experts, former CIA, etc., who swore that the Steele Dossier
was Russian misinformation.
Starting to look like WWI all over again. Russians may suck when they are on the offense, but it has proven to be difficult to dig them out of their trenches. Can the Ukranian troops be persuaded to die for a a few inches of soil that has been Russian owned since Obama was president?
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.