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Putin* never forget we want peace after war, forgiveness after hate..
“We leased them, which means we can buy them, which means we can give them away,” said Rutte. 

As a Dutch person, I feel like this is an incredibly Dutch attitude to have towards a lease agreement with Germany, and I'm loving it.
Also, I want to point out the Netherlands leases the 2A6 version (which we sold back to Germany, then immediately regretted). Would be incredibly happy if we end up sending 18 of these to Ukraine, despite technically owning none. >

Its not really attitude. There was always a buy back Option included in the contract so its good they using what they can. >

It’s going to be an interesting few months >

Indeed, arming Ukraine for its own offensive is bold and hopefully allows the Ukrainians to make significant gains.
What’s more, I think it’s now clear that if it comes to it, NATO will go to war with Russia to ensure that Ukraine’s integrity isn’t lost and that Russia doesn’t change the geopolitical security order in its favour. These decisions are always made with a view to what comes 10 steps ahead. >

The idea is to say to Russia “We have all of these modern tanks. You can’t stop them. You could leave all occupied territory and never come back. You could head on home, have some vodka, and tell your kids about how the west is responsible for all of your failures in life. Or we could see how well these things really work.” Of course these are Russians, so maybe they would rather just die. >

Picard: You may test that assumption at your earliest convenience. >

They also want to give them their F-16’s. Netherlands out here being generous. >

We didn't forget about MH17... Fuck Russia.