I present U.S. Army General Laura Richardson:
The United States intends to procure Soviet weapons for Ukraine from Latin American countries,
including Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela (lmao) on the condition that these countries replace Soviet weapons with American weaponry. Three countries who are close to Russia and hate the US, donating their weaponry to Ukraine in exchange for expensive and unsuitable armaments. This is my first kek of the day.
Presumably the US would control the supply, repair, replacement and ordnance and thus, the military of those nations. Nations, I remind you that have endured constant attack and sanctions from the US. Why would they agree to give up their armaments to donate to Ukraine if their repair/replacement is subject to the whims of DC? Why would they not either enter into new agreements with Russia with and/or secure Chinese and Iranian equipment to complement them?
I do know that Venezuela is Russia's largest trading partner in Latin America; former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.began a program of large-scale purchases of Russian weaponry as part of his push to modernize the Venezuelan military.
Last time I looked, Venezuela had purchased about $12 billion of Russian military equipment, including Su-30MK2V fighter jets, Mi-17V5, Mi-26T2 and Mi-35m2 helicopters, T-72B1 tanks, Smerch multiple launch rocket systems, S-300V anti-aircraft missile systems, Bal-E mobile missile systems for the Coast Guard, Nona-SVK self-propelled systems and MSTA-S self-propelled howitzers (I guess those HIMARs aren't the Wunderwaffe the Ukrops thought they were. Maybe Bradleys too lol).
Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Mexico and Argentina are the only other nations I can think of in Latin America that could participate in this arms swap, but as far as I am aware they mostly bought helicopters for civilian use. These nations may not want to participate since restrictions on transferring hardware to third countries exist. Russian weapons supply contracts, as a rule, stipulate that the buyer has no right to transfer them without the consent of the manufacturer, ie, Russia approving the deal. Doing so could damage relations with Russia, and any nation agreeing to the swap would be vulnerable to legal action.
I don't know what this general's sexual orientation is nor do I care, but I guess she never learned desperation is very unattractive to the opposite sex, and if you are tasked with prosecuting a war it almost always results in fatal mistakes. This has all the signs of a woman moment, and not just from Gen. Richardson, since I doubt she was the sole architect of this great plan, but also from the State Department menopausal cat ladies eating too much rugelach scrambling to fix the mess they created.
