Rep. John Katko on U.S. response to Afghanistan versus response to the Russian invasion in Ukraine скачать в хорошем качестве

Rep. John Katko on U.S. response to Afghanistan versus response to the Russian invasion in Ukraine

“I think the key term you used is response because we are in response mode. What you have to do is take a step back before the response, when they had an opportunity to influence things in a different way. Like I already said, taking military actions off the table immediately doesn’t help, waiting to the last minute to get lethal aid to the Ukrainian people, was a mistake. Not having the sanctions ready to roll right away was a mistake. Are they doing better with sanctions now? Are they tightening the sanctions with their response? Absolutely. But really, when bad guys sense weakness they will exploit the weakness and that’s what Putin did. He sensed the weakness of this administration and its emblematic of how they handled Afghanistan and other crises…Whatever the shortcomings were with this administration before the invasion, the response I think has been pretty good. And I think that they need to continue to respond in the manner that they’re doing…Now, not only are NATO countries on the same page, you have countries like Finland and Sweden, who are generally very, very against joining NATO, are talking about joining NATO. Ironically, Putin went into this partly to ensure that Ukraine didn’t become part of NATO and now NATO is going to be stronger than ever. “- Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.)