The United States probably preferred the Danish sale to Argentina over a gift to Ukraine outright, as Buenos Aires is now tied to the US-made fighter jet.

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...