Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Monday that future US support for Ukraine depends on Kyiv’s looming counteroffensive.
“I think there’s going to be a lot riding on the line with this counteroffensive,” McCaul told Bloomberg. “If Ukraine is successful in the eyes of the American people and the world, I think it will be a game-changer for continued support. If they are not, that will also have an impact, in a negative way, though.”
The US has put enormous weight on Kyiv’s expected counteroffensive and has helped Ukraine prepare for the assault by training soldiers and sending more arms. But leaked Pentagon documents and media reports indicate the US doesn’t expect Kyiv to regain significant territory.
McCaul said he expects Ukraine to focus its counteroffensive on the land bridge Russia has secured to Crimea. He said after Ukraine pushed back Russian forces, Kyiv could “call for a ceasefire, after which we can then maybe have negotiations, to finally resolve this.”
McCaul has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine and has criticized President Biden for not providing Kyiv with everything it has asked for, including fighter jets and longer-range missiles, despite the risk of escalation.
There is a small faction among Republicans in Congress who oppose aid to Ukraine, but overall, Republican leadership is still all in on funding the war. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) expressed this week his full support for Ukraine aid and dismissed comments he made before the 2022 election about how House Republicans won’t support a “blank check” for Kyiv.
The War party wants results. Maybe they should hire Hollywood to create an offensive out of whole cloth. I’m sure with enough CGI action sequences, they could sell it to the US public.
Yes, yes, for us it ‘s all been Hollywood spectacle starring Zelensky in Rambo costume with his troop of heroes fighting the evil Ruskies for freedom & democracy. Do you suppose they’ve actually studied Debord? … the Leo Strauss disciples of the Noble Lie.
The Ukrainians flooded the internet with clips from video games. It seems a generation keep deluding themselves until they receive an old fashion “Russian shovel” slam in the face.
Even should the counteroffensive achieve a result howsoever small, the assumption that Russia would agree to a ceasefire, given the recent history of Washington bad faith and its continued expansion of NATO encirclement, is wildly fanciful.
McCarthy gives his full support to Ukraine ? How much of his money has he sent there ? How many relatives does he have fighting for Ukraine ? What a grandstanding piece of shit.
“I think there’s going to be a lot riding on the line with this counteroffensive,” McCaul told Bloomberg. “If Ukraine is successful in the eyes of the American people and the world, I think it will be a game-changer for continued support. If they are not, that will also have an impact, in a negative way, though.”
So, we either have WW3 or we have WW3.
Where is the latest poll on taxpayer support for the war?
i’m sure that nothing short of being handed the keys to Crimea will be enough for uncle sam
Unfortunately we have a President who needs a buffer between himself and scrutiny by voters.
You can’t use a pandemic this time, but this war will work.
If you question the Big guy about issues it will be a war crime and support for the enemy (of which has a very broad definition in both war time and campaign season).
Support won’t be withdrawn anytime soon.
The timing is perfect. Now Zelenskyy has to watch his six all the time and dwell in his bunker like a hermit. Does he want to live like this for the rest of his life or take the Chinese peace offer and have McCaul breathe a sign of relief. There will be no WW3 in the year of the Rabbit.