The American Conservative:
In an open letter entitled “U.S. must arm Ukraine now, before it’s too late” 20 notable American advocates for the war against Russia in Ukraine argue that the conflict has reached a decisive moment. To win, the authors insist, Ukrainian forces need an abundance of new equipment, including the constant resupply of ammunition and spare parts for artillery platforms, short- and medium-range air defense systems to counter Russian air and missile strikes, and ATACMS munitions fired by HIMARS with the 300km range necessary to strike Russian military targets anywhere in Ukraine or Crimea.
Meanwhile, the initial flood of equipment and ammunition from Washington’s European Allies into Ukraine has been reduced to a trickle. Daniel Fiott, a European defense analyst at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, complained, “Ukraine needs hardware, not hot air.” Equally important, refugee fatigue is setting in across Europe.
Germans and Hungarians lost their patience with the unrelenting influx of refugees into Europe some time ago, but now the Poles are reaching the saturation point. Polish households confront serious economic headwinds. Poland has one of Europe’s highest inflation rates—15.6 percent in July—caused in part by the war in Ukraine. As conditions worsen in the fall and winter, it is not hard to imagine enormous public pressure on Berlin, Warsaw, Prague, Paris, and Rome to end the war in Ukraine.
The hard truth is the introduction of new weapon systems won’t change the strategic outcome in Ukraine. Even if NATO’s European members, together with Washington, D.C., provided Ukrainian troops with a new avalanche of weapons, and it arrived at the front instead of disappearing into the black hole of Ukrainian corruption, the training and tactical leadership required to conduct complex offensive operations does not exist inside Ukraine’s 700,000-man army.In addition, there is an acute failure to recognize that Moscow would react to such a development by escalating the conflict. Unlike Ukraine, Russia is not currently mobilized for a larger war, but it could do so quickly. more
Who better to preside over failure than Tater Boi Jackass Joe? Just put a grinning imbecile in charge and watch the graft avalanche with zero oversight! Besides, prolonging the conflict ensures that the black hole of Ukrainian corruption is shrouded with the fog of war so that career politicians can become even more independently wealthy!
MEANWHILE HERE AT HOME, THE MILITARY UNDER “COMMAND” OF THE BIDEN IS SO POORLY COMPENSATED THAT THEY ARE QUALIFYING AND APPLYING FOR FOOD STAMPS
SHAMEFUL AND EMBARRASSING, BUT LIBERALS CANNOT BE SHAMED OR EMBARRASSED
ARROGANT, DISGUSTING, DELUSIONAL FUCKING ASSHOLES
Sorry. Rooting for Mother Russia in this one.
Go ahead, anonymous shitheads. Call me out on my fictional love of Putin and get me started on YOUR foreign policy depravity.
Ukraine is a cesspit of American and European meddling of the past 75 years and of Biden Crime Family (and others) crimes of the past 10+.
Zero American Dollars and weapons for Ukraine. ZERO.
What a joke. Try and find a recoiless grenade launcher in the U.S. right now. They’ve taken them from our active duty military and shipped them to the Uke.
That damn country should be swimming in weapons systems they have no idea how to operate.
So we’ve sent short and medium range missile systems over there. Do the twenty idiots that wrote that open letter think a bunch of part time soldiers are going to figure out how to operate it with an instruction manual?
There’s no accounting for what’s being sent over there. Money or arms.
Just wait until this stuff shows up on the black market. And it will.
“lowering standards of admission for soldiers and officers”
And all those to low to qualify for the military will be the new IRS “endorsers”.
^^^^Says a gutless, balless wannabe commenter too afraid to assume an identifiable moniker. Ooooh I’ll be anonymous so I can sucker punch at will.
“…Brahhhhhhhhhhh…”
WTF does that mean? Are you laughing, calling me your brother or is your bra causing you discomfort?
Brad, look at it this way. Ol’ Joe is ending the weapons he threatened to use against MAGA types to Ukraine.
He probably did not think that one out.
What “failure?”
$Billions upon $Billions are being laundered and our political “leaders” and their cronies and henchmen are growing increasingly, stupendously rich!
It’s only a failure if you’re a taxpayer.
It certainly isn’t a failure to the corrupt-o-crats, arms merchants, thieves, liars, various foundations, and NGOs.
mortem tyrannis
izlamo delenda est …
America must protect Hunter’s long time partner. “Big Guy” needs $.
Let the damn Yurps take care of it.
I’d ship 20 “notable” Americans over there to fight for Ukraine, since they’re hot & bothered for the fight – I’ll pitch in a Chinese knife for them to fight with!
General Malaise – I’m right behind you. When this whole thing started I said that Vlad was out to screw Jackass Joe’s Crooked Cash Cow in the ass! What I didn’t know is how many other politicians also have a piece of that cow!