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Poland says they will consider trading with USA for free fighter jet upgrades. Redditors fail to read and cheer the coming of WWIII

https://old.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/t9o8g0/poland_hands_over_all_of_its_mikoyan_mig29_jet?sort=controversial

People who only read headlines are getting bamboozled big-time here.

Headline: Poland handed over all of its MIG-29 fighters to Ukraine!

Commenters: OMG yassss poland (peepee slobbering noises) yay ukraine! :marseyparty1: :marseyparty3:

Meanwhile USA is like "uh yeah we're not starting WWIII for some polak's obsolete aircraft but thanks for caring idk?

https://twitter.com/ByronYork/status/1501352922138951683

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Trading shitty old Mig-29s for F-16s is a heck of a deal. It's no surprise Poland really wants to make it happen.

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The only thing I'm surprised about is that F16s are still being made in the US.

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I'm not. The US Military may be moving on to fancier toys but the F-16 is still a capable platform to export to nations who don't want to pay F-35 money.

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I thought they would outsource it to allies who made their own domestic variant of the F16s and take a percentage.

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I believe they do that too.

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