9/20: Ukraine’s lessons for the Pentagon: Gen Petraeus
WSJ: Ukraine’s Lessons for the Pentagon
Gen Petraeus highlights how helping Ukraine helps the American military. As my friend, Stephen Moore points out: there are 3 world leaders in drone technology. The bad news is that 2 of them are China and Iran. The good news is the third is Ukraine.
Key quotes:
The Replicator is an important step forward, it will likely take years for the initiative to field one of its prized systems: a reportedly more than $100,000 one-time-use loitering munition. This is a long way from the cheaper but equally capable suicide drones that Ukrainian companies are producing and employing in the thousands every day.
Newsweek: Ukraine destroy ammo dump filled with N Korean missiles
The video has been all over the internet. Ukraine hit a missile depot 300 miles inside Russia. First, a great example of what can be done when Ukraine has the tools it needs to win. Second, the depot was filled with ballistic missiles from North Korea.
The Guardian: US imposes new sanctions on Russia and North Korea
A step in the right direction from the Biden Administration.
WSJ: Ukraine’s Lessons for the Pentagon
Strong article by Gen Petraeus on what the Pentagon can learn from Ukraine. As Steven Moore wrote, Ukraine is one of the top 3 countries in the world in drone warfare. Unfortunately, the other two are China and Iran. America is helping Ukraine win the war. Ukraine should and can help America prepare its military for the next war.
CNN: Delay shipments of aid due to concerns over Pentagon stockpiles
Congress passed the supplemental in April. Unfortunately, the Administration has slow-walked aid to Ukraine. $5bln is at risk of expiring in 2 weeks unless Biden Admin uses the Presidential Drawdown Authority, ie: requests the aid. Low stockpiles are also delaying shipments. Sadly, the fighting in Ukraine continues, despite American delays.
Wash Post: E.U. to loan Ukraine up to $39 billion backed by frozen Russian assets
EU using the windfall profits from seized Russian assets to provide loan to Ukraine. The EUI is leading this initiative where the Biden Administration has been timid over concerns of how the load would be structured.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “We should make Russia pay for the destruction it caused.
Bloomberg: Biden Must Let Zelensky Bomb Putin to the Negotiating Table
If you want to save lives and end the war, lets advocate for the Biden Administration allowing Ukraine to bomb Russia as it sees necessary.