Top House Republicans call on Biden to increase military support for Ukraine

CNN.com ^ | February 19, 2023 | Aaron Pellish

[Timber Rattler]

Two leading House Republicans have called on President Joe Biden to increase military support to Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s invasion and reiterated support on both sides of the aisle for continuing to fund the Ukrainian war effort.

Texas Rep. Mike McCaul, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told CNN’s Pamela Brown on “State of the Union” in a joint interview with House Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner that aired Sunday that bipartisan support for Ukraine is “still very strong.”

But as the one-year anniversary of the war approaches, McCaul warned that hedging support for Ukraine could prolong the conflict, which could play into Russia’s advantages and allow anti-Ukraine dissent to build.

“The longer (Biden administration officials) drag this out, they play into (Russian leader Vladimir) Putin’s hands. He wants this to be a long, protracted war because he knows that potentially, he will lose – we could lose the will of the American people and therefore the Congress,” the Texas Republican told CNN, speaking from the Munich Security Conference in Germany.

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Asked by Brown if he believes the US is considering sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, McCaul replied, “I hope so,” and reiterated his concern over a drawn-out conflict between Russia and Ukraine while noting, “I think the momentum is building for this to happen.”

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US Sen. Lindsey Graham echoed that message, telling ABC in an interview that aired Sunday that US lawmakers attending the Munich Security Conference were in “virtually unanimous belief” that the US should begin training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets.

“I believe a decision will be imminent when we get back to Washington, that the administration will start training Ukrainian pilots on the F-16. They need the weapons system,” Graham said.

[Travis McGee]

Compare and contrast the priorities of the MIC Perpetual World War Uniparty.

[cgbg]

Every American should be made an honorary citizen of Ukraine—then the Feds can cut us a check!

[JonPreston]

Bay of Pigs Invasion
Gulf of Tonkin incident
The imaginary Iraqi WMDs
We winning in Afghanistan for 20 years!

[AnthonySoprano]

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Closeted Lindsey also said “Climate Change is real” this week.

Look it up.

[AnthonySoprano]

All the Ukraine bills add in woke Leftist bullshit

[caww]

Yep....he’s out of touch with conservative bas pretty much.

[neverevergiveup]

Many of the congressional pinheads (and senate pinheads) were against spending money to stop the USSR. They cringed when Reagan called them the evil empire. They wanted to ‘co-exist’ with a state that had made it clear it wanted world dominion.

Now that the USSR has been defeated, and a very weak Russia is what remains, they want to spend enormous amounts of money to ‘defeat’ Russia. Had the ignoramus who currently produces CO2 in the White House been any kind of real pro-American leader he would have prevented this war in the first place. Instead, his weakness and perhaps his self-interest in preventing his and his son's corrupt dealings with Ukraine guaranteed that Russia invaded.

[Vision]

Infuriating.

[devere]

Lindsey Graham campaigns for the Democrats. Last year 7 weeks before the election he introduced an anti-abortion bill whose only purpose was to increase pro-choice voter turnout, and it worked. Now he wants to scare the elderly and poison them against the GOP.

[Mariner]

Already Republicans oppose 2-1.

The House will reflect that.

[AnthonySoprano]

Money for everything but Traditional American Taxpayers.

[Night Hides Not]

Well, I don’t have to vote next year. My new Congressional district is 75% Democrat, thanks to gerrymandering, and the Congressional Republicans are off to a middling start.

[rollo tomasi]

The Asian part of Russia is what we need to be focused on.
Europe should be well equipped to handle the western part, US has been subsidizing their socialistic worthless ingrates for decades on end. BTW, f* the queer Zelenskyy (His beard as well) and his crony globalist overlords which many reside in the United States. Would support Ukranians more if they hanged Zelenskyy from a lamppost/highest tree along with his handlers. F* Russia by default, they are erecting an offensive force in the Baltic/Eastern region we need to counter. Again, Europe should be able to defend their side after decades of US aide, right Zelenskyy groupies?

The Eastern buildup is more concerning (Guess who else is in that region).

[rollo tomasi]

Apparently our pensions were be secured if the US citizen were made honorary citizens of Ukraine.

[Ann Archy]

NO!!!!! Mike McCaul was the ONLY name I saw from the HOUSE!! WHO ELSE!!

MCCAUL IS A WARMONGER and MAKES MONEY OFF OF WAR....OBVIOUSLY, or he wouldn't be throwing our money down a RAT HOLE!

[Ann Archy]

DUMBASS...we are in DEBT because we give TRILLIONS AWAY!!!

I would gladly give up my LITTLE SS check, and I mean LITTLE, if they cut across the board spending and CLOSE THE DAMN BORDER!

[PTBAA]

Top House Unipartians....

[Its All Over Except ...]

Remind these Repubs of this on Twitter:

Joe Biden Announced The US Is Going To Be Supporting The Pensions In Ukraine

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4132029/posts

[Robert DeLong]

Whatever it takes...!

The lives of all your family members? Still in sucker?