"Джавелины"

[yakov_a_jerkov]

Вчера ABC сообщил, что ожидается, что Трамп одобрит продажу anti-tank missiles Украине, в число которых возможно будут входить эти самые Джавелины, о которых разговоры идут уже не первый год.

US to send anti-tank missiles to Ukraine

President Donald Trump is expected to announce his approval of a plan to sell anti-tank missiles to the Ukrainian government, a move that would mark a significant escalation in lethal U.S. military support for Ukrainian forces battling Russian-aligned forces in the border region, four State Department sources tell ABC News.

If the president formally signs off, the plan will be presented to Congress for a 30-day review period where it would need to be approved before the State Department can implement it.

The sale of anti-tank missiles, which could possibly include the U.S.-made Javelin system, provoked a strong reaction from Russia on Saturday, saying it "crossed the line," and could threaten to derail Trump’s calls for better relations with Moscow.

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A State Department source stressed that the move to supply even more powerful anti-tank missile is purely for defensive purposes.

ABC News first reported that the inter-agency memo has been sitting on the president’s desk for weeks.

If Trump announces his approval, the memo will likely make its way to Capitol Hill. Congress has 30 days to approve the measure. There is broad support by Senate Republicans.

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The president’s likely approval of the arms deal is a major shift from the Republican party platform on sending lethal weapons to Ukraine, which was amended when Trump was the party's nominee for president, from supporting "lethal defensive arms" to Ukraine to the more vague "appropriate assistance” — language that ran counter to traditional Republican foreign policy.

Если все эти "ожидается", "возможно" и прочие "likely" в итоге произойдут, то это будет отлично.

Если Украина, действительно, получит "Джавелины", то возникнет естественный вопрос о том, что изменилось в последнее время, с чем связан этот "major shift" от изменения платформы республиканской партии (from supporting "lethal defensive arms" to Ukraine to the more vague "appropriate assistance”) к этому решению. Опять же, если, действительно, будет принято такое решение.

Также, в этом случае, будет много комментариев от трампистов, которым совершенно безразлична Украина, о том, что ха-ха-ха, no collusion, game, set and match. Мы уже наблюдали что-то подобное после удара США по военной базе войск Асада. Правда, тогда это веселее продолжалось недолго.

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