Document:F-16 for Ukraine - An open letter to Joseph Biden
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| Open letter to US President Joe Biden from European deep state minions, pleading for an escalation in Ukraine, and NATO membership. Lo and behold, a week after the letter, Biden approved F-16s, indicating that the letter was astroturf to make a decision already decided seem like done by European demand... Includes barely hidden threatening of those that blocked NATO accession in 2008, who bear "a grave responsibility" and "will be careful not to hinder it again." |
open letter by Anton Hofreiter, Roderich Kiesewetter, Vytautas Landsbergis, Karel Schwarzenberg, Alberto Alemanno, Anders Åslund, Eerik-Niiles Kross, Jarno Limnell, Nathalie Tocci, Andreas Umland to Joe Biden, Lloyd Austin, Anthony Blinken dated 8 May 2023Subjects: 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, WW3, Russia/Encirclement, F-16, MIC
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First and foremost, we would like to thank you, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, and the broad bipartisan coalition in Congress for your unwavering support for Ukraine and for the leadership that the United States has once again taken in defense of the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter. Like you, we believe that, as General Christopher Cavoli put it so well, "Russia cannot come out of this war with victory, our future simply cannot stand it."
We have often wished that the assistance provided to Ukraine had been faster and more extensive. However, we are well aware that you are in possession of information that we do not have, and that you have had to work hard to build the Ramstein coalition and to make it more cohesive.
We are writing to you today because we are concerned. The task that awaits the Ukrainian armed forces in the coming months is enormous. There is a risk of setbacks and partial successes. And, as General Mark Milley has repeatedly reminded us, it is always a bad idea to underestimate the military capabilities of the Russian Federation. In other words, there is no guarantee that the war will not continue beyond 2023.
As you know, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and many Ukrainian military and political leaders believe that the supply of Western aircraft is crucial for a quick end to the war. Moreover, as Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of NATO, and James Cleverly, the British Foreign Secretary, have stated, the only real guarantee of Ukraine’s security in the medium and long term is its membership of the Atlantic Organization, even if this is only possible at the end of the war. We have no doubt that a broad consensus is forming on this point. We believe that the states that blocked this process in 2008 at the NATO Summit in Bucharest, and thus bear a grave responsibility for the war in progress, will be careful not to hinder it again.
We are aware that mastering the use of modern Western aircraft requires extensive pilot training and complex logistics. But we also know that the Ukrainian soldiers, who are highly motivated, have demonstrated a remarkable capacity to learn.
As leader of the Ramstein coalition, and as president of the country that produces the aircraft that the Ukrainian military authorities want most – the F-16 – your approval is essential.
In six months’ time the Ramstein coalition must be in a position to adjudicate – in the light of the prevailing military and political situation – on the supply of these F-16s by your country and by those European countries that have them. It therefore seems essential to us that a decision be taken without delay to train around one hundred Ukrainian pilots; to assemble the logistical chain involved in the supply of a hundred or so aircraft; to establish the number of aircraft that each NATO member country could effectively supply in the fall of 2023; and to prepare those aircraft.
We thank you for doing everything in your power to achieve these objectives in the near future and assure you, Mr. President, of our highest consideration,
signed
Annely Akkermann, Andrus Ansip, Gert-Johannes Hagemann, Willy Herteleer, Anton Hofreiter, Rasa Jukneviciené, Roderich Kiesewetter, Andrius Kubilius, Vytautas Landsbergis, Pandeli Majko, Marcos Perestrello, Karel Schwarzenberg, Kalev Stoicescu, Jarosław Stróżyk, Pekka Toveri, Michael Aastrup Jensen, Cengiz Aktar, Alberto Alemanno, Katarina Ammitzbøll, Martin Andler, Antoine Arjakovsky, Olga Artyushkina, Anders Åslund, João Azevedo Castro, Christine Baron, Kris Beckers, Martine Benoit, Gérard Bensussan, Florian Bieber, Michał Bilewicz, Magdalena Błeńska, Pierre Bouchat, Alain Bourges, John Bowis, Yordan Bozhilov, Justina Budginaité-Froehly, Michel Caillouët, Enver Can, Marco Cappato, Paulo Casaca, Leo M. Chalupa, Peter Cmorej, Yves Cohen, Dominique Colas, Dorota Dakowska, Christophe D’Aloisio, Pierre d’Argent, Louis Daubresse, Julia David, Mark Demesmaeker, Sébastien Denis, Massimiliano Di Pasquale, Boris Dittrich, Jean-Marc Dreyfus, André Dumoulin, Olivier Dupuis, Emmanuel Dupuy, Normunds Dzintars, Marc Elie, Nino Evgenidze, Marta Farion, Penelope Faulkner, Andrej Findor, Claude Forest, Céline Gailleurd, Natalia Gamalova, Vitaliano Gemelli, Julie Gerber, Mridula Ghosh, Thorniké Gordadzé, Svetlana Gorshenina, Nicolas Gosset, Iegor Gran, Markéta Gregorova, Gustav Gressel, Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse, Jarosław Gryz, Jeanyves Guérin, Fernando Adolfo Gutiérrez Díaz de Otazu, Christophe Hansen, Atte Harjanne, Rebecca Harms, Patrick Hassenteufel, Pavel Havlicek, Oleksandr Havrylenko, Thomas Heilmann, Joseph Henrotin, Richard Herzinger, Maryana Hnyp, Marie Holzman, Ulrich Huygevelde, Mārcis Jencītis, Mario Kadastik, Christian Kaunert, André Klarsfeld, Jurģis Klotiņ, Miro Kollár, Gašper Koprivsek, Andrey Kovatchev, Philip Krämer, Péter Krekó, Eerik-Niiles Kross, Yauheni Kryzhanouski, Robert Kwiatkowski, Per Larsen, Gérard Lauton, Diogo Leão, Aurélie Ledoux, Mathieu Lericq, Ophir Levy, Šarūnas Liekis, Jarno Limnell, Sylvie Lindeperg, Jonathan Littell, Ramon Loik, Raimundas Lopata, Mihhail Lotman, Lubomyr Luciuk, Jaak Madison, Paul Robert Magocsi, Damien Marguet, Jean Mariani, Alain Maskens, Marie-Claude Maurel, Frédéric Mauro, Rachel Mazuy, Alvydas Medalinskas, Alexandre Melnik, Nona Mikhelidze, Emmanuel Morucci, Alexander Motyl, Boris Najman, Laure Neumayer, Olevs Nikers, Alexis Nuselovici, Lydia Obolensky, Ong Thong Hoeung, Peter Osuský, Doris Pack, Carmelo Palma, Franck Petiteville, Jan Pieklo, Nicoletta Pirozzi, Andrzej Podraza, Henn Põlluaas, Bohdan Prots, Jean-Paul Pylypczuk, Eva Quistorp, Pierre Raiman, Christian Rocca, Sylvie Rollet, Bronis Ropé, Marie-Claude San Juan, Andrei Sannikov, Anton Shekhovtsov, Vasile Simileanu, Sjoerd Sjoerdsma, Ivan Štefane, Wally Struys, Raúl Suevos, Marcin Święcicki, Igor Taro, Ewa M. Thompson, Nathalie Tocci, Patrizia Tosini, Florian Trauner, Andreas Umland, Jacques Vallin, Karl Vanlouwe,Maïrbek Vatchagaev, Sarah Whitmore, Kataryna Wolczuk, Miroslav Žiak
signatories that not yet have a page on Wikispooks:
Annely Akkermann,Andrus Ansip,Gert-Johannes Hagemann,Willy Herteleer,Rasa Jukneviciené,Andrius Kubilius,Pandeli Majko,Marcos Perestrello,Kalev Stoicescu,Jarosław Stróżyk,Pekka Toveri,Michael Aastrup Jensen,Cengiz Aktar,Katarina Ammitzbøll,Martin Andler,Antoine Arjakovsky,Olga Artyushkina,João Azevedo Castro,Christine Baron,Kris Beckers,Martine Benoit,Gérard Bensussan,Florian Bieber,Michał Bilewicz,Magdalena Błeńska,Pierre Bouchat,Alain Bourges,John Bowis,Yordan Bozhilov,Justina Budginaité-Froehly,Michel Caillouët,Enver Can,Marco Cappato,Paulo Casaca,Leo M. Chalupa,Peter Cmorej,Yves Cohen,Dominique Colas,Dorota Dakowska,Christophe D’Aloisio,Pierre d’Argent,Louis Daubresse,Julia David,Mark Demesmaeker,Sébastien Denis,Massimiliano Di Pasquale,Boris Dittrich,Jean-Marc Dreyfus,André Dumoulin,Olivier Dupuis,Emmanuel Dupuy,Normunds Dzintars,Marc Elie,Nino Evgenidze,Marta Farion,Penelope Faulkner,Andrej Findor,Claude Forest,Céline Gailleurd,Natalia Gamalova,Vitaliano Gemelli,Julie Gerber,Mridula Ghosh,Thorniké Gordadzé,Svetlana Gorshenina,Nicolas Gosset,Iegor Gran,Markéta Gregorova,Gustav Gressel,Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse,Jarosław Gryz,Jeanyves Guérin,Fernando Adolfo Gutiérrez Díaz de Otazu,Christophe Hansen,Atte Harjanne,Rebecca Harms,Patrick Hassenteufel,Pavel Havlicek,Oleksandr Havrylenko,Thomas Heilmann,Joseph Henrotin,Richard Herzinger,Maryana Hnyp,Marie Holzman,Ulrich Huygevelde,Mārcis Jencītis,Mario Kadastik,Christian Kaunert,André Klarsfeld,Jurģis Klotiņ,Miro Kollár,Gašper Koprivsek,Andrey Kovatchev,Philip Krämer,Péter Krekó,Yauheni Kryzhanouski,Robert Kwiatkowski,Per Larsen,Gérard Lauton,Diogo Leão,Aurélie Ledoux,Mathieu Lericq,Ophir Levy,Šarūnas Liekis,Sylvie Lindeperg,Jonathan Littell,Ramon Loik,Raimundas Lopata,Mihhail Lotman,Lubomyr Luciuk,Jaak Madison,Paul Robert Magocsi,Damien Marguet,Jean Mariani,Alain Maskens,Marie-Claude Maurel,Frédéric Mauro,Rachel Mazuy,Alvydas Medalinskas,Alexandre Melnik,Nona Mikhelidze,Emmanuel Morucci,Alexander Motyl,Boris Najman,Laure Neumayer,Olevs Nikers,Alexis Nuselovici,Lydia Obolensky,Ong Thong Hoeung,Peter Osuský,Doris Pack,Carmelo Palma,Franck Petiteville,Jan Pieklo,Nicoletta Pirozzi,Andrzej Podraza,Henn Põlluaas,Bohdan Prots,Jean-Paul Pylypczuk,Eva Quistorp,Pierre Raiman,Christian Rocca,Sylvie Rollet,Bronis Ropé,Marie-Claude San Juan,Andrei Sannikov,Anton Shekhovtsov,Vasile Simileanu,Sjoerd Sjoerdsma,Ivan Štefane,Wally Struys,Raúl Suevos,Marcin Święcicki,Igor Taro,Ewa M. Thompson,Patrizia Tosini,Florian Trauner,Jacques Vallin,Karl Vanlouwe,Maïrbek Vatchagaev,Sarah Whitmore,Kataryna Wolczuk,Miroslav Žiakon
