Especially, some high-tech U.S. weapons are irreplaceable. They include Patriot air defense missiles, which are needed to fend off Russia’s frequent ballistic missile attacks, but which cost $4 million each. That vital system is included in the pause, and many cities in Ukraine, including Kyiv, could become increasingly vulnerable....The (US) official said that Patriot missiles exist in sufficient numbers globally, and he said that accessing them requires political resolve. “There are enough missiles out there,” he said, without providing evidence. (AP)
It is now obvious what has been threatening for some time: President Trump is fed up with Ukraine. Let it continue to fight without the USA if it absolutely wants to or, even better, let it surrender and finally deliver the peace that Trump wants. He has enough trouble with China, Iran and the Houthis at his hands.
It is difficult for Trump and his people to understand why the Europeans want Ukraine to keep fighting instead of (repentingly) returning to the bosom of Mother Russia. If an independent Ukraine is so important to the Europeans, then they should supply weapons Ukraine needs or buy the arms if they can't provide enough themselves.
Besides, according to JC Vance, little Ukraine's attempt to fight big Russia is futile anyway: so why keep wasting good American weapons on a loser and thereby unnecessarily delaying the inevitable? Iran and the Houthi war are said to have emptied the American arsenal, so we don't want to continue the crazy Biden policy of arming Ukraine and angering our friend Putin.
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