Republican senators are blasting the Biden administration's refusal to provide combat aircraft to Ukraine, expressing skepticism over the claim that such a move could escalate U.S.-Russia tensions.
Several members of the Senate Intelligence Committee called out the administration during a Thursday hearing, unsatisfied with what intelligence officials were saying.
"You think they're more likely to want a conflict now, after Vladimir Putin has seen the performance of his army?" Cotton asked Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines."You think they're more likely to want a piece of us now than they were two months ago?" Cotton was not convinced, arguing that it appears that Putin"deterred" the Biden administration by claiming that transporting aircraft would be escalatory."And if that's going to be our position, we might as well call the commanding general at Fort Lewis outside Seattle and tell him to take the flag down and surrender our position," Cotton said, positing that Putin will not stop in Ukraine or even Europe, but will go"all the way to the West Coast," if the U.S.
Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., shared Cotton's skepticism, but opted to keep his questions for a closed session where the witnesses could speak more freely. He did weigh in on the matter, however, after calling Cotton's questions the most significant part of the hearing thus far. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., also took a cue from Cotton and questioned the logic behind the administration's decision-making. Burr noted that both the U.S. and Poland are part of NATO, so it is curious that the U.S. would give Poland a"green light" to transfer aircraft to Ukraine, but"changes their mind" when the planes are to come from American geography.
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