the kind of quantity extra that is needed by the ukrainians? ought we to be doubling the flow of arms into ukraine, tripling the flow of arms into ukraine in order to equip them to repel a second offensive? what is it specifically they need? what s the blockage to them getting that spigot opened? i think a lot of the blockage is political and understandable. nato at 30 is a cautious organization. they have different viewpoints, domestic audiences. the french, you know, election is in the offing here. the far right is a pro russian group. so there are extremely concerning political movements at work in europe. having said that, again, i point out we just announced with great pride we did $300 million additional support for ukraine. $300 million versus $9 billion a month during the war in iraq. i think it was $7 billion or $8
quotes to run the system for them. it sounds like what you re saying, you believe they sent the advisers in. when you look at the lenlth of this conflict, there isn t a six-month lead time. as we get more information about what happened, and more intelligence is being released, i m coming more and more to the conclusions that the russians must have operated this system. what does that mean if that turns out to be the case? it was russians who actually operated it? i m probably using the wrong word, pushed the button, pulled the trigger as opposed to a pro russian group. according to the intercepts, this was operated by rebels on the ground in close coordination and contact with russian officials. either way, the russians have their handled prints on this. so let s say that is the case. what do we do? the problem is even if we prove the russians are complicit and even if we prove they re still causing trouble in eastern ukraine which of course they are, it is not clear that