STAGE – One hundred Republicans “against”

Politicsin 2024 April 27 15:15

One hundred Republicans against

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Rytas StaselSource: Etaplius.LT

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Aren’t the Americans late? The frontline in Ukraine is fraught as never before: the slow advance of Russian forces in the Donetsk region is reported, the Ukrainians are tragically short of manpower and ammunition, which since 2022 Western countries (mainly the USA) have supplied

In the long run, it may happen that European countries will become the main supplier of military aid. However, it will take time before the elites of European countries realize that it is necessary to reanimate the arms industry and prepare for war, instead of enjoying stable geopolitics and diverting war funds to social support. As it was until now.

The US House of Representatives’ vote on aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan is a good sign. For half a year, US Democrats and Republicans have been playing games of political procedures. It would certainly not be fair to say that Mike Johnson, the speaker of the US House of Representatives – a supporter of the possible candidate for the country’s president, Donald Trump – worked exclusively.

The legal norms of the US Congress allow the Speaker of the House to submit for consideration those bills that he personally wants to be considered and passed. For half a year Mr. Johnson did not want an aid package for Ukraine to be considered. Why he did this and why he suddenly changed his attitude – now there are many versions. From the one that Mr. Johnson’s decisions were sanctioned by Mr. Trump himself (the Speaker of the House of Representatives visited the former president’s ranch in Florida a week ago), the other is that Mr. Johnson prayed a lot before making his decision. The third is about the fact that the politician’s son decided to study at some US military academy. The Democrats also claim that they gathered a petition to address the Speaker of the House with great acceleration in Congress (such a document, signed by the majority of the members of the House of Representatives, allows to remove the stubbornness of the Speaker of the House who does not submit to a vote).

US President Joe Biden’s administration has also been playing political games in the run-up to the November presidential election. Democrats also juggled procedures. First of all, it sought to combine military support for three countries and the security problem of the US southern border (Mexico with the state of Texas) into one law. The last topic is the political concern of US Republicans. While the two main factions of the US “matched up”, the Russian army slowly pushed forward with meat attacks, killing Ukrainian military and civilians.

In the end, the House of Representatives approved the package of laws proposed by Mr. Johnson. More than 60 billion US dollars can inspire that the debate is finally over, equilibration with legal norms – as well. What’s more, these laws provide that Ukraine should soon receive more modern ATACAMS ballistic missiles, which can target targets 300 km away.

Maybe even in the next week, as the leaders of the US Democratic Party hope. On Tuesday, the US Senate voted for the package of the law.

However, there are circumstances that cause some concern. On the Sustainability of US Provisions. Is the US political class still committed to the concept of helping Ukraine? Despite the fact that the provisions approved in the House of Representatives were born in the womb of the US Republicans, more than 100 US congressmen did not vote for the aid to Ukraine.

This means that in the future, if the dynamics of the war in Ukraine do not change, there may be even more such skeptics. And if after some time the Ukrainians need US support again, the matter may fall into place again. And the abracadabra of US legal norms begins.

We can only hope that Ukraine will be able to mobilize again, and its army will gradually be saturated with Western weapons. To repel the attacks of the Russian army this year and prepare something unexpected for it this year or next year.

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