the capabilities and u.s. contractors will provide that. you mentioned the himars, the weapons that are being provided with these missile systems, the himar systems go about 50 miles. of course ukraine would like more, but what is clear the u.s. is saying weapons that will go no to 200. what would the longer range weapons mean? where would they be used? what kind of difference would they actually make? these longer-range weapons will give ukrainians stand off. 200 miles, this is a big map. this is about from this line to this line, from the edge. what s left now in the donbas is about 200, 250 miles whampt that would give the ukrainians the capability to do is to target deep targets, their logistics line, their railroad hubs.
iraqi forces pushing them further up the river bed in effect. i m going to go back to where we are now. and this is where they were beginning of the year. in the river valleys along the tigris, they ve taken back tikrit, now the prize in mosul. along the euphrates baghdad tora ma di is now clear. you noted earlier mosul is five times the size of ramadi, so five times as difficult? well, it s going to be five times more difficult because not only that the main supply base for the iraqi army, for them to be able to fight up the river valley all the way to mosul on extended logistics line is going to be much more difficult than baghdad to ramadi. this is iraq and syria, the islamic state as they call it, isis. let s go regionally even though they ve been fought back a bit in home base, they ve expanded largely by getting affiliates in effect around the region. sure. in fact, that s probably the most important thing we can t stay focused simply on iraq and
center. bill: it sounds like the relationship is not healthy, either, is it? it s been deteriorating over time. this is one area added to that. they provide logistical support to us in a ground line of communication from the ports through the cyber pass. and airline communication, we fly over pakistan all to supply our troops within afghanistan. that ground line has been shut down since november when we had a mistaken air attack on pac troops. the fact of the matter is, they also while supporting us on the one hand with this logistics line of communication provide sanctuary as we know for the afghan taliban within pakistan. in those sanctuaries they provide them intelligence, training, resources, and obviously safe-haven for them to conduct operations against us. bill: how do we win this thing ultimately?
i expect they won t be used for ground attacks against air attacks against gadhafi s ground forces. weal reconnect with paula and double check that. let s bring in retired general. what do you make of this arrangement that was announced and the little bit more detail we got from paula newton? frankly, i was shocked when i heard it. it will make things more difficult for the commanders on the ground, not easier. thank god we have commanders in the nato supreme allied commander. because they ve now been given a mission of deckocodeconfliction what does that mean? think of libya as a big open area that now needs to be divided between two separate military commands. the u.s. military command, which will continue to be spom for humanitarian mission, which also could include ground to air attacks against the tanks, air to ground attacks against the tanks and the logistics line.