JOHNSON: WE SAID ‘YES’ BUT MEANT ‘NO’: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Russia’s invasion is a direct result of NATO’s disingenuous pretense that Ukraine was being seriously considered for NATO membership, while the alliance was overtly signaling it was never going to happen. “In…
JOHNSON: WE SAID ‘YES’ BUT MEANT ‘NO’: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Russia’s invasion is a direct result of NATO’s disingenuous pretense that Ukraine was being seriously considered for NATO membership, while the alliance was overtly signaling it was never going to happen. “In principle, yes; in practice, no. That has been the message.”
WE SAY ‘NO’ BUT SHOULD MEAN ‘YES’: In an appearance on Fox News last night, Johnson told anchor Bret Baier that now is the time to pull out the stops and send Ukraine every possible weapon it needs to deal Putin a decisive defeat on the battlefield. Johnson argued that Putin knows going nuclear would mean Russia would lose the few allies it has right now, including support from China. “You know what? He probably doesn't even stop the Ukrainians if he did that. And we would put his economy into such a cryogenic paralysis that Russia wouldn't come out of it for decades.
MONEYBALL FOR THE DOD: The conservative Heritage Foundation is not known for advocating cuts to the military, but yesterday, its president, Kevin Roberts, released a call to “scrutinize the Pentagon’s budget, line by line,” in an essay titled “Getting serious about responsible defense spending.” You can see the Venn diagram here, but the bottom line is that while hypersonic weapons are better than ballistic missiles at penetrating long-range missile defenses, the fact is no U.S. adversaries have such defenses.
DOD’S ‘WOKE ADMINISTRATOR’ DRAWS MORE GOP IRE: Republicans in Congress are frustrated with what they see as the Pentagon’s non-response to their complaints that Kelisa Wing, the chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer in the Department of Defense Education Activity, has displayed racial animus against white people.
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