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Ukraine war: Mysterious defence secretary trip to Washington amid fears of Russian escalation
The secretive, last-minute nature of the trip and a comment by a second defence minister, James Heappey - who said the conversations Mr Wallace would be having on Tuesday were "beyond belief" - suggested particularly sensitive and serious issues would be discussed.
The article goes on for a while. All we learn is that it’s a rushed meeting with counterparts at the Pentagon but also at the White House, that it has to do with Ukraine, and that it must be terribly important.
Meanwhile …
BREAKING: McCarthy signals GOP-led House likely to oppose more aid to Ukraine
WaPo ^ | Oct 18 | By Eugene ScottHouse Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is signaling that if Republicans win the House majority in next month’s midterm elections, the GOP is likely to oppose more aid to Ukraine in its war with Russia.
Since the invasion in February the majority of congressional Republicans and Democrats have united in authorizing billions of dollars in U.S. military and humanitarian assistance to Kyiv as a geopolitical and moral stand against Vladimir Putin’s aggression.
McCarthy, who could be House speaker if Republicans triumph, indicated that that could end in a GOP-led House.
“I think people are gonna be sitting in a recession and they’re not going to write a blank check to Ukraine,” he recently told Punchbowl News. “They just won’t do it.”
McCarthy suggested that Americans want Congress to focus on issues closer to home.
All Biden has to do is declare victory and cease all American involvement in the Ukraine before the midterm election. It worked for Afghanistan. All the more so as our media tells us the Russians are bogged down, Putin is on the ropes and he will be deposed in short order.
I can hear it now: "Just when Ukraine was about to finish off Putin and U.S. economic growth was set to explode, Republicans reduce support to Ukraine, snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and throw the economy into a deep, dark, inflationary recession."