On the day that Iran launched a retaliatory strike against Israel, the United States, Britain and France came out one after another to help Israel "block the knife" and, together with Israel, intercepted nearly 99% of Iran's incoming missiles and drones, achieving a perfect defense. In this regard, Ukraine, which was "watching from the sidelines", was very dissatisfied, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky complained, "The Ukrainian sky also needs such a defense, because there are Iranian drones attacking us." Obviously, Zelensky wants to use this to remind Western countries that you can't favor one over the other, and personally help Israel, but only pay lip service when you help Ukraine.
After that, the U.S. response was "these two things are different." For Ukraine, this is not the only thing that hurts. Defensively, the West is worried about a war with Russia and does not dare to make a move, but offensively, the F-16 fighter jet, the offensive weapon that Ukraine has been thinking about, was snatched away by Argentina before it aided Ukraine, which made Kyiv even more annoyed.
According to the Observer Network, on the 16th of this month, Argentine President Milley and Defense Minister Petri jointly announced the purchase of 24 F-16 fighters for the Argentine Air Force. The F-16s are said to be retired aircraft from the Danish Air Force, and the Danish side also confirmed the news, saying that the aircraft "have been thoroughly maintained and updated technically." It means that although it is a second-hand phone, Argentina can use it when it gets it, and its combat power can still be guaranteed. In this regard, we will talk about three topics.
The first one, in order to get closer to the West, Millay is really "fighting" enough, and even buys second-hand mobile phones.
As early as the beginning of his election, Milley openly talked about Argentina's geopolitical positioning after he took office, saying that it would align itself with the West, regard the United States, Israel and Europe as the "greatest symbols" of Western values, and tilt towards them diplomatically to become a member of the Western world. Millai didn't just pay lip service, but put it into action.
It has only been four months since he took office, and he has already visited the United States three times, and he is simply treating the United States as a "relative." When he went to the United States for the first time, he had not officially taken office, which shows how urgent the "heart to get closer to the US imperialism" is, but unfortunately, US President Biden did not receive him unusually, perhaps in Biden's view, Milley is not yet the president, and Argentina is not so important.
It is precisely because of this that Milley was very dissatisfied, and when he went to the United States for the second time, Milley specially helped Trump, hoping that he would be elected as the next president of the United States, and Trump also reciprocated, saying that "Milley is the only person who can make Argentina great again." Is this really the case? At least, the current Argentine people do not think so, because after Milley took office, various reforms have made Argentina poorer.
On the 12th of this month, Milley went to the United States for the third time, but he still didn't see Biden, maybe Biden didn't have time to see him, but went to Texas to meet Musk. It is said that Musk and Milley have been "friends for a long time", and in the new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, they both support Israel, and they both went to express their support in person. Allegedly, Musk also arranged a private jet specifically for Milley to facilitate his activities in the United States. The Associated Press called the meeting a "match made in heaven."
In addition, Milley placed his first foreign visit after taking office in Israel, which is currently in conflict, and went to the "Wailing Wall" in Jerusalem to express sympathy for the tragic plight of the Israeli people. I wonder how the people of Gaza feel about this?
In order to cater to the West, Milley also vigorously criticized "socialism" when attending the annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, and reminded the West to beware of not allowing socialist ideology to infiltrate international organizations. It is worth noting that China is the world's largest socialist country and the largest delegation to attend the annual meeting.
It is a pity that after Milley made many overtures, he did not receive an olive branch extended by the West, so he was in a hurry, and simply threw money directly, even at the expense of buying second-hand fighters, but also pasted them to the West and squeezed into the "F-16 family", which is really hard enough.
Second, Argentina is doing this, which is tantamount to taking food from the mouth of Ukraine, and Kyiv's displeasure is certain.
Nowadays, Ukraine is the "war proxy" of the West, and supporting Ukraine has become the "political correctness" of the entire West, Argentina is snatching food from Ukraine's mouth at this time, and Kyiv is unhappy It is certain, I believe it will not be long before we can see how Zelensky "attacks Milley".
You must know that at the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, because of the ineffective aid to Ukraine by Germany and France, Zelensky even criticized European powers, calling Germany "like a snail" and France "only talking about war". If you want to scare Argentina now, there is no pressure on Zelensky at all.
What's more, Argentina is still desperately squeezing into the Western camp, and it is not even qualified to be a "chess piece", and Ukraine is already a "chess piece". Both NATO and the European Union have made commitments to Ukraine to join. So, why did Argentina's introduction of Danish F-16s annoy Ukraine? Because at the beginning of this year, Denmark and the Netherlands, two NATO countries, promised to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighters.
The reason why the F-16 has not yet been handed over to Ukraine is because most of the pilots of the Ukrainian army have flown Russian-made fighters before, and they still need to be retrained and proficient in flying NATO-made fighters. Today, the United States, along with Germany and the United Kingdom, are stepping up the training of pilots for Ukraine. But unexpectedly, Denmark sold part of the F-16 to Argentina while promising to Ukraine, so how can Kyiv not be in a hurry?
In Kyiv's view, the F-16 is a sharp weapon to counterattack the Russian army, not only has it been tested on multiple battlefields, but also has nuclear deterrence capabilities, Ukraine is in a state of "waiting for rice to cook", Denmark and Argentina are trading behind their backs, and Kyiv is estimated to curse a thousand times in its heart. Although Denmark said that the sale of F-16s to Argentina would not affect aid to Ukraine, will Ukraine believe it?
Thirdly, can Milley count on a second-hand F-16 to recover the Falklands?
Although neither Argentina nor Denmark disclosed the total amount of the transaction, Argentina's current situation is that its currency has depreciated sharply, foreign exchange is extremely scarce, the people are unable to continue to have food and clothing, and the external debt is riddled with external debts.
On the 2nd of this month, the 42nd anniversary of the outbreak of the Falklands War, Milley said in a speech that he was considering recovering the Falklands, and planned to do so "through diplomatic channels", and that this hope would be even greater if he could become an ally of the West. However, Britain does not think so, Prime Minister Sunak said that Britain has indisputable sovereignty over the "Falkland Islands" (i.e., the Falkland Islands), the Secretary of State said that the sovereignty of the "Falkland Islands" belongs to Britain is non-negotiable and undeniable, and Foreign Secretary Cameron also personally visited the Falklands in February and visited three "battle sites".
After seeing the British side's moves, does Milley still have confidence in recovering the Falklands? Relying on these second-hand F-16 fighters? Even if the introduction of F-16s has squeezed into the so-called "F-16 family" and indirectly become a partner of the United States, will the United States offend Britain, a "hardcore ally," and speak for Argentina by recovering the Falklands? Obviously, I have thought too much.