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2023-07-05 19:00:13 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8F1A1B4F8CF3FA75E8E86BA606020B3F8FD86F6ABAE75D9BEA233396F26BCE0F
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Biden never said providing F-16s to Ukraine could lead to WWIII. He said sending 'American pilots and American crews' to Ukraine would start WWIII: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/02/politics/fact-check-biden-world-war-iii/index.html https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/posts-misquote-bidens-year-old-remarks-on-tanks-for-ukraine/ https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2023/biden-idea-send-tanks-ukraine-called-world-war-iii/ Blowing it up has strategic value: Medvedev said Russia want buffer zones in Ukraine to limit their long range attacks: https://news.yahoo.com/russia-wants-demilitarised-buffer-zones-134300389.html https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-wants-demilitarised-buffer-zones-ukraine-says-putin-ally-2023-03-24/ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/3/24/russia-ukraine-live-no-plans-for-conflict-with-nato-moscow
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