Yet another “forever war” seems to be in the offing.
President Joe Biden can’t get Congress to pony up aid to Ukraine whenever he asks. Legislators fell for that gag early on, but they just aren’t buying it now. Consequently, Biden is going after the assistance to Kyiv as a funding fait accompli by signing a ten-year binding agreement with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky guaranteeing US military and other aid. Ostensibly, Biden plans to establish a predictable flow of arms and other assistance to bolster Ukraine’s ability to stop and defeat Russia.
Long-Term Ukraine Funding Will Be a Tough Sell
Biden wants to eliminate the speedbump congressional skeptics in the House of Representatives placed in the way of his quick-fix funding of Ukraine with a foreign assistance package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan….
