His narrative went unchallenged, as all of Washington appears to have suddenly fallen in love with the poor, defenseless, disadvantaged Ukraine that President Trump tried to deny arms to.
George Kent, a U.S. State Department official who served under five presidents, told the House Intelligence Committee Wednesday morning that after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, occupying seven percent of its territory, "Ukraine's state institutions were on the verge of collapse" until "The 21st century Ukrainian equivalent of our own Minutemen in 1776" bought "Time for the regular army to reconstitute."
One would think, listening to this, that the U.S. had always provided arms to Ukraine, and that Ukraine has relied on this aid for years.
Even as NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned of a "Serious military buildup" by Russian forces inside Ukraine, the Obama administration still declined to provide Ukraine with lethal aid.
The U.S. responded to Russian aggression with sanctions and kicking them out of the G-8 Instead of providing arms,Washington provided Ukraine with non-lethal aid and with military advisers and continued to engage in joint training exercises together with several other countries.
The U.S. has only approved the sale of weapons to Ukraine last year! But now, weapons Obama refused to provide are "a lifeline."
Obscuring the timeline advances the narrative that Ukraine relied on military assistance which Trump suddenly precipitously withdrew.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/choking-on-the-democrats-ukraine-fantasy-narrative/
George Kent, a U.S. State Department official who served under five presidents, told the House Intelligence Committee Wednesday morning that after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, occupying seven percent of its territory, "Ukraine's state institutions were on the verge of collapse" until "The 21st century Ukrainian equivalent of our own Minutemen in 1776" bought "Time for the regular army to reconstitute."
One would think, listening to this, that the U.S. had always provided arms to Ukraine, and that Ukraine has relied on this aid for years.
Even as NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned of a "Serious military buildup" by Russian forces inside Ukraine, the Obama administration still declined to provide Ukraine with lethal aid.
The U.S. responded to Russian aggression with sanctions and kicking them out of the G-8 Instead of providing arms,Washington provided Ukraine with non-lethal aid and with military advisers and continued to engage in joint training exercises together with several other countries.
The U.S. has only approved the sale of weapons to Ukraine last year! But now, weapons Obama refused to provide are "a lifeline."
Obscuring the timeline advances the narrative that Ukraine relied on military assistance which Trump suddenly precipitously withdrew.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/choking-on-the-democrats-ukraine-fantasy-narrative/
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