In the end?
You KNEW he was gonna give Ukraine President the US heavy Abrams tank…..
(Do NOT accept that this was anyone call but Biden’s…)
Once the Brits comitted to sending theirs ?
It was OVER….
The German’s going back and forth with the Poles waiting for the American President’s blessings on this hammered Biden also…..
Look for Polish Javelin 2 tanks being sent also….
Germany will have to make internal political decisions…..
Biden’s Ace is that it will take time to deliver the US heavy tanks….
(He won’t be allowing a large numbers of the Abrams)
The Ukraine will push that….
There IS going to be Spring offense by Russia and the Ukraine….
The heavy armored vehicles and tanks are needed for that….
Foot dragging by Europe and the US will only stretch the conflict out longer….
Reversing its longstanding resistance, the Biden administration plans to send M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, in what would be a major step in arming Kyiv in its efforts to seize back its territory from Russia.
The White House is expected to announce a decision as early as Wednesday, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the discussions. Two officials said the number of Abrams tanks could be about 30.
Over the past month, Pentagon officials had expressed misgivings about sending the Abrams, citing concerns about how Ukraine would maintain the advanced tanks, which require extensive training and servicing. And officials said it could take years for them to actually reach any Ukrainian battlefields.
But Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has now come around to the view that committing to sending American tanks is necessary to spur Germany to follow with its coveted Leopard 2 tanks. Officials at the State Department and the White House argued that giving Germany the political cover it sought to send its own tanks outweighed the Defense Department’s reluctance, the officials said.
The movement toward sending the Abrams tanks, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, follows a testy confrontation last week during a NATO defense chiefs meeting over the refusal by Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, to send the Leopards, which many military experts believe could be a critical weapon in Ukrainian hands.
German officials privately insisted that they would send the tanks, among the most advanced in the world, only if the United States agreed to send its own M1 Abrams tanks…..
Note….
What request next from Zelensky to Biden?
F-16’s and A-10 tactical fighter jets?
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