Speaking at the NATO Summit, taking place at the White House, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed: Donated F-16 fighter jets are "on the way" to Ukraine.
The F-16's are coming from Denmark and the Netherlands. Here is video confirming what he said:
This is a GIGANTIC problem.
The F-16 is a remarkable aircraft. Even though it was designed decades ago, it is still one of the most capable, agile, fighter jets in the world.
But in order to make it so agile, the designers had to carefully match it's weight to it's speed. And one of the areas where they had to cut weight, is in the landing gear.
So when the F-16 needs to takeoff or land, it **must** have a smooth runway. Except . . . there are none left in Ukraine. Russia has bombed them all.
Realizing this, NATO has told Ukraine that the donated F-16's may be able to takeoff and land at NATO bases in Poland and in Romania.
Well, Russia isn't having any of that crap. Russia has made clear that if planes takeoff or land at bases OUTSIDE of Ukraine, while they are killing Russian troops INSIDE Ukraine, then those planes and the bases they use are legitimate military targets.
NATO, using it's well-established and child-like intellect, says "No, the bases are NOT party to the conflict and if Russia attacks a NATO base, then Article 5 of the NATO Treaty (Collective self-defense) can be invoked for war against Russia."
Well, we've all been watching for months as this situation has developed and now, at least according to Secretary Blinken, we have arrived at the moment of truth.
HAL TURNER EDITORIAL OPINION
None of us is certain (yet) as to whether, or when, those donated F-16's will start taking off for missions against Russian forces.
None of us is certain (yet) if Russia will be able to simply shoot-down those planes over Ukraine air space, thereby negating the need to hit the launch bases.
But ALL OF US are going to find these things out, very soon.
The trouble is, the mass-media in the United States, and in Europe, has been utterly derelict in its reporting of how serious the situation has become and as a result, the general public in the US and EU, have absolutely no idea AT ALL, how close we all are to World War 3.
The general public - for the most part - has not even been told to have emergency food, water, medicine, flashlights, batteries, a portable AM/FM/SW radio with spare batteries, a first-aid kit, a generator with fuel for temporary electric power to keep their refrigerators running, or communications gear like CB or HAM radio for communications if/when all the grid goes down from the coming war.
The general public is blissfully ignorant that THEIR survival is at stake.
WHEN this war breaks out, I fear it will escalate so fast, so out-of-control, that we will see nuclear weapons used WITHIN HOURS.
When that happens, there will be sheer PANIC. The masses (who are asses) will all freak-out and try heading to stores for food, water, etc., and the stores will sell-out (or be looted out) within hours.
Then, I suspect, we will see lawlessness on a scale never before seen. Roving bands of urban savages, hungry and without money, will storm into homes to steal food, water, money. Homeowners, defending themselves, will likely shoot many of them dead.
But if hundreds of lawless maniacs are storming a house, there's only so much a family can do before they're over-run.
The police? Will likely be home defending THEIR OWN families, and will be useless to respond to the widespread and escalating anarchy, if they even respond at all..
As the urban centers are exhausted of food to steal (within a couple days), the savages will fan-out into the suburbs. I suspect far more incidents of homeowner self-defense will take place there. I predict hundreds to be gunned-down by armed citizens defending hearth and home.
I predict it will all be to no avail, because the city-dwellers are simply not equipped to feed themselves, and their survival instinct will be the driving factor in their mob mentality.
Add to the mayhem the absence of electric power (grid down), dying batteries in cell towers, downed or non-functioning Internet and telephones, and you have the perfect recipe for Societal collapse.
FOR OVER TWO YEARS, I HAVE TOLD READERS OF THIS WEBSITE, AND LISTENERS TO MY RADIO SHOW TO HAVE "PREPS." EMERGENCY FOOD, WATER, MEDICINES, GENERATOR, FUEL, FLASHLIGHTS, SPARE BATTERIES, COMMUNICATION GEAR LIKE CB OR HAM RADIO, PORTABLE RADIOS FOR NEWS AND INFORMATION. My warnings have mostly fallen upon deaf ears.
Now, we're coming to the point where what I have warned of, is about to begin.
GOD HELP US ALL.
