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A Transition in Ukraine
Does anyone have an explanation for Biden's last-minute decision to send long-range missiles to Ukraine, lifting a long-standing ban put into place for fear it could provoke the Kremlin to respond?
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The finest opportunity ever given to the world was thrown away because the passion of equality made vain the hope for freedom.--Lord Acton
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Does anyone have an explanation for Biden's last-minute decision to send long-range missiles to Ukraine, lifting a long-standing ban put into place for fear it could provoke the Kremlin to respond?
And how does such a decision compromise Trump's position as he takes office?
The deployment of thousands of North Koreans this month to drive back a Ukrainian invasion force in Russia’s Kursk region is said to have played a role in Mr. Biden’s apparent about-face, according to background sources cited by The Associated Press.
The deployment of thousands of North Koreans this month to drive back a Ukrainian invasion force in Russia’s Kursk region is said to have played a role in Mr. Biden’s apparent about-face, according to background sources cited by The Associated Press.
The New York Times was the first to report the authorization of the long-range Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, which has a range of up to 190 miles
Critics say Mr. Biden has slow-walked aid to Kyiv ever since the Russians invaded in February 2022. Mr. Biden has said he did not want to draw NATO and U.S. troops into a direct war with a nuclear-armed Russia. Top officials of the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin have repeatedly made veiled threats to resort to nuclear arms as the U.S. and its allies gradually stepped up military aid to the Ukrainian government.
“Ukrainian troops cannot use these weapons on their own,” Mr. Putin told a state television interviewer. “Only specialists from NATO countries can do it because they need space intelligence, which Ukraine naturally does not have.”
Jennifer Kavanagh, director of military analysis for the intervention-skeptical Defense Priorities think tank, called the reported U.S. shift “strategically unwise and operationally unnecessary” and predicted that Russia’s military would adjust to the threat by moving back vulnerable troops and weapons stocks.
“The move will not meaningfully improve Ukraine’s military position, but it will intensify U.S. and NATO entanglement in the conflict and worsen the risk of Russian escalation — including possible retaliation on U.S. or European targets …,” she said. “To really impose costs on Russia, Ukraine would need large stockpiles of ATACMS, which it doesn’t have and won’t receive because the United States’ own supplies are limited.”
"This is another step up the escalation ladder, and no one knows where this is going," Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., Trump’s incoming national security adviser, said on Fox News.
"No one anticipated that Joe Biden would ESCALATE the war in Ukraine during the transition period. This is as if he is launching a whole new war," Ric Grenell, Trump’s former acting director of national intelligence, wrote on X.
"Everything has changed now – all previous calculations are null and void. And all for politics."
"The Military Industrial Complex seems to want to make sure they get World War 3 going before my father has a chance to create peace and save lives. Gotta lock in those $Trillions. Life be damned!!! Imbeciles!" Donald Trump Jr., the president-elect’s son, wrote on X.
Critics say Mr. Biden has slow-walked aid to Kyiv ever since the Russians invaded in February 2022. Mr. Biden has said he did not want to draw NATO and U.S. troops into a direct war with a nuclear-armed Russia. Top officials of the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin have repeatedly made veiled threats to resort to nuclear arms as the U.S. and its allies gradually stepped up military aid to the Ukrainian government.
“Ukrainian troops cannot use these weapons on their own,” Mr. Putin told a state television interviewer. “Only specialists from NATO countries can do it because they need space intelligence, which Ukraine naturally does not have.”
Jennifer Kavanagh, director of military analysis for the intervention-skeptical Defense Priorities think tank, called the reported U.S. shift “strategically unwise and operationally unnecessary” and predicted that Russia’s military would adjust to the threat by moving back vulnerable troops and weapons stocks.
“The move will not meaningfully improve Ukraine’s military position, but it will intensify U.S. and NATO entanglement in the conflict and worsen the risk of Russian escalation — including possible retaliation on U.S. or European targets …,” she said. “To really impose costs on Russia, Ukraine would need large stockpiles of ATACMS, which it doesn’t have and won’t receive because the United States’ own supplies are limited.”
"This is another step up the escalation ladder, and no one knows where this is going," Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., Trump’s incoming national security adviser, said on Fox News.
"No one anticipated that Joe Biden would ESCALATE the war in Ukraine during the transition period. This is as if he is launching a whole new war," Ric Grenell, Trump’s former acting director of national intelligence, wrote on X.
"Everything has changed now – all previous calculations are null and void. And all for politics."
"The Military Industrial Complex seems to want to make sure they get World War 3 going before my father has a chance to create peace and save lives. Gotta lock in those $Trillions. Life be damned!!! Imbeciles!" Donald Trump Jr., the president-elect’s son, wrote on X.
It is certainly a reversal of the administration's opinion over the last years--and at a very curious time.
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