Former NATO Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison says U.S. could have better prepared for Russia's

[TexasTowelie]

Former NATO Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison says U.S. could have better prepared for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

by Jason Beeferman, Texas Tribune


Kay Bailey Hutchison, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, said Wednesday the Biden administration should have acted sooner to prevent or prepare for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Hutchison, who is also a Republican former U.S. senator from Texas, said the U.S. didn’t fully recognize Russian President Vladimir Putin’s wish to “recreate the Soviet Union.”

“I did not think in 2022 we would see the horrific devastation of a country that is a good, honest elected democracy,” Hutchison said during a Texas Tribune event in Austin.

Hutchison said the U.S. should have provided Ukrainians with more weapons and support amid clear indications of war. She also called Putin “a madman.”

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/31/Kay-Bailey-Hutchison-NATO-Ukraine/

[DURHAM D]

1. F off. nt

[elleng]

2. 'the U.S. should have provided Ukrainians with more weapons and support amid clear indications

of war.'


'Thanks,' 'Senator.'

[rurallib]

3. her hindsight is perfect

and useless

[gab13by13]

4. Pure right wing talking point.

The Magats are going to say that president Biden didn't do enough when in fact the opposite is true.

President Biden kept our allies and NATO united and backed it up with sanctions that are crippling Russia's economy.

But hey, let's post GQP talking points. If Biden had acted sooner Putin would have used that action as an excuse for his invasion, which he was going to do regardless.

[Sherman A1]

6. Precisely

Biden has done a masterful job despite the ramblings of the former ambassador, the TV talking heads and internet armchair generals.

[sheshe2]

5. Wasn't it your prez trump that was blackmailing Zeleneskyy?

He wanted dirt on Hunter and withheld financial support for Ukraine 's defense.
EF OFF Kay.

[dchill]

7. Republicans are going to turn out to be very, very...

...amnesiac on the facts surrounding them regarding Trump, Rudy, Lev and the deliberate Ukrainian fiasco. Impeachments 1&2 are legends in the mist.

[Mike Nelson]

8. Yikes!

... where has she been, in a coma? Biden has been way out in front on this issue... maybe she's thinking of how Crooked Donald prepared NATO and Putin?

[msongs]

9. so she is donning combat gear and heading for Kyiv nt

[dixiechiken1]

10. "I did not think in 2022 we would see the horrific devastation

of a country that is a good, honest elected democracy.”


Well, pay attention, dear... if the GQP has its way, this is a preview of coming attractions in the U.S.

[BootinUp]

11. So to her this is still a game. Fuck. her.

[relayerbob]

12. 20/20 hindsight

Obama and Biden certainly did. Trump and the GQP tried to pave the way.

[ColinC]

13. Is this an apology?

You know, for being part of an administration that tried to extort the country's president using the very aid she is talking about?