more weapons and faster than nato would like to give them, ask that has often spilled into frustration on both sides. we did see real tension on display over the course of the past two days, that started even before zelenskyy got to the summit in vilnius when he said that ukraine not getting a concrete path to joining nato was both unprecedented and absurd. now, that tone from zelenskyy did soften as it became clear to him that he would be getting short and long-term security assurances as well as these new military aid packages. wolf, we did hear clear signs of frustration from two of the most senior officials from two of the biggest allied nations. the first was british defense secretary ben wallace who said this people want to feel gratitude for what they re giving to ukraine. he told a story about going to kyiv last summer when he was presented with a list of weapons that ukraine wanted, and he says that he responded that the uk is not amazon, and then we heard from the national se
as long as it takes. [ cheers ] prudent spirit wrongly believes that he can out putin wrongly believes that he can outlast ukraine. he can t believe it s their land, their country, and their future. and even after all this time, putin still doubts our staying power. he s still making a bad bet. that was president joe biden at the nato summit in lithuania today emphasizing the global alliances, stalwart support for ukraine. summit ended without any definitive timeline, though, for ukraine s membership in nato. and while ukrainian president zelenskyy had previously criticized the alliance for failing to provide that timeline or concrete path for his country s entry into nato, today zelenskyy s tone was more upbeat following meetings with the u.s. and others, thanking nato for its ongoing support and the support from 31 member nations. let s bring in former sigh director msnbc senior national security analyst john brennan.
but plenty of countries have been admitted to nato for more basic reasons. it is a collective defense organization. ukraine is already doing that. ukraine is already employing nato weapons systems. so it is whether nato has the political will, whether the u.s. government has the political will. thus far it looks like the demonstration is no. the biden administration is not prepared to take the risks of introducing a concrete path for ukraine to join nato. on fears of provocation to russia and what russia does in response. to me that is poor business. saying something like ukraine can t join while there is a war going on invites putin he goes po explicitly to maintain the war. it is a recipe for disaster. we should not have said something like that. i want to play for you two more takes on this central question. one from the secretary of state antony blinken just this morning and also the secretary-general of nato today. listen to this please.
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sophisticated at detecting a change in america toward china, long a concrete path, they tell me it s not happening yet, 00 100 year marathon that came out 7 years ago is not being followed. we don t know how rapidly china is closing the gap and surpassing us there is no annual white house report on it, that could not be passed by congress either. mark: michael, thank you so much for your patriotism and knowledge is important right now, director of chinese strategy at the hudson institute. thank you, mark, please write a book on china. mark: we ll be right back.