OK, this is both an interesting new development as well as rather embarrassing as to just how tone deaf the Biden administration has become on this increasingly imperative issue — from Newsweek:
The U.S. should not prohibit Ukraine from using American weapons to target Russian territory, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said. The position clashes with U.S. President Joe Biden but is backed in Washington by prominent lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Without mentioning the U.S. by name, the secretary general of the alliance told The Economist that "the time has come for allies to consider whether they should lift some of the restrictions" placed on their supply of arms to Ukraine.
A Ukrainian delegation reportedly travelled to Washington, D.C. this month to make the case for Kyiv to use American weapons to strike at targets within Russia, which is currently prohibited under a U.S. stipulation aimed at avoiding escalation.
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"To deny Ukraine the possibility of using these weapons against legitimate military targets on Russian territory makes it very hard for them to defend themselves," Stoltenberg told the newspaper. When contacted by Newsweek for a response to the NATO chief's comments, the U.S. State Department declined to comment.
Stoltenberg's view is gaining ground in the U.S. with Speaker Johnson telling Voice of America this week that Kyiv should "prosecute the war in the way they see fit" and that the U.S. "trying to micromanage the effort there is not a good policy."
Considering how much time and effort Mikey spent in the last six months trying to avoid a vote for any Ukraine aid at all, even while Ukraine was facing an increasingly desperate situation on the battlefield, it’s more than a bit frustrating that he is now out in front of where Biden should have been months ago. Hopefully this helps to ramp up the political pressure on removing existing restrictions of how Ukraine can use our weapons to hit back against Russia more effectively.
After a visit to Kyiv, Secretary of State Antony Blinken wants Ukraine to be allowed to strike inside Russian territory with American-supplied arms, The New York Times reported on May 22, citing unnamed sources.
At least this sounds promising.