Oh my god,okay it's happening,everybody stay calm

My question is who's going to remove those 600 million landmines or so that Russia is planted in Ukraine.
- They have a plant that'll grow a different colour over a mine. Not saying it's viable, just saying it's cool.
- Small children?
- I will.
Well the Russians did try to improve their circumstances that one time. Did not work out for literally everyone around them though.

Are we going to be sending them pilots as well or do they just expect them to start the long training process to learn how to fly them and hope the pointless (but Russia's fault) war lasts long enough to use them?

Your answer is in the first paragraph of the source.
- Expecting people to actually read an article ? What a weird idea
- Oh... well, shit.
The pilots will be Ukrainian from what I understand. But the planes are owned by the respective countries. The only reason for the sensationalist headline, beside clickbait, is because the F-16 is an American made fighter jet.
- The fact the f16 is US made means a country cannot give it to another country without the US approval. It is the case for all armaments. The producing country must allow the transfer.
As I understand it (but have no source) there are Ukraine pilots being trained on the F-16 stateside

Meanwhile, the people in Maui who lost their homes and everything they've ever owned get a one time payment of $700.

Funny how nobody ever makes these sorts of comments about, say, money we spend paying farmers to not grow corn, or money we spend on overpriced or useless weapons systems for our own military, or even specifically the military aid we give to wealthier, less deserving countries like Saudi Arabia and Israel; it's always Ukraine that brings out the "how come we aren't spending money on X" people.
- They're either paid shills, or braindead useful idiots. Russia cultivates both types for propaganda.
These jets were already sold to the Danes and Dutch, we’re just giving them the green light to send planes made by us to Ukraine to help free their people from oppressors
- If they had instead sent those F-16s to the people of Maui they could have dropped napalm to create a firebreak ahead of the fire, saving hundreds of lives
I don't see how F16s would help them but maybe an airshow would spread the Spirit of Aloha.
Youre right, the Dutch should donate their old F16s to the suffering people of Maui because... Uhhh....
- Because, damn it! Because!
As much as I hate the idea that America is a capitalist hellscape that minces the poor to make ‘line go up’.
Sometimes there’s this unfortunate coincidence where the military industrial complex inadvertently does some good.
Russians are going to learn why America doesn’t have the money for universal healthcare.
- As much as I appreciate the sentiment I am pretty sure universal healthcare would cost the country less than medicaid and medicare; or so I have heard.
You are right…. There should be a climate damage levy imposed on Exxon to help cover these extreme weather events and the people directly affected by their actions.
I think everybody who's reading this thread is going to fail to see the connection you're trying to draw between Hawaiian Electric and light and the Ukrainian military.
Unless you have some sort of evidence that Ukraine owns and operates Hawaiian Electric and will somehow benefit from Hawaiians losing their ancestral homes.
I mean, I've seen some stupid conspiracies of my time but this is just dumb.
in international weapons sales manufacturer's country retains some degree of control over equipment even after sale, especially for heavy equipment like any aircraft, SPGs, SAMs, tanks and so on. so for example if Country A sells jets to Country B to serve in Country B's air force, that's all clear, but if then Country B wants to sell them somewhere else, it has to get Country A's approval. otherwise, if these jets mysteriously find themselves in Country C's air force, that happens to be enemy of Country A, then Country B can probably forget about any weapon deals with Country A and their allies for a long long time in addition to diplomatic mess it would cause
this is that approval given from usa to nederlands and denmark, no money is involved
there was little shitshow about it early in the war, because ammo for gepards was made in switzerland, and they didn't approve of sale from germany to ukraine
Love you Vanky faggots, you always say such silly things
- Technically, Maui was invaded—by the US.

Because every f16 sent to Ukraine gets backfilled by an f35?

Don't worry, you got plenty of time to calm down. The pilot training hasn't even started yet.

Congrats right wingers

Whats your sollution? Surrender?
- Global disarmament. I know that is really confusing to right wingers

Rookie move. Germany's about to get to new Bundesländer

the fuck do the yanks have to say about who sends what?

Normal clause for weapons deals. No unauthorized resell
- No unauthorized resell
  why the fuck do they always feel they have to be the authority on every fucking thing?
Word of the day: hegemony
- Jesus christ, you people are tiring.
  Read a fucking article for once in your lives, and you'll quickly figure out that you need the manufacturing country's permission before exporting weapons bought from them.
  This isn't some US conspiracy. This is very common with pretty much all countries that manufacture weapons.
- Just like the Gorn?