Sen. Tommy Tuberville didn’t mince words when he took to the Senate floor Wednesday, criticizing the Biden administration for its continued support and funding of the war in Ukraine with American taxpayer dollars.
Tuberville expressed frustration over what he described as a lack of clear objectives from U.S. and Western military leaders on how to end the conflict, which began with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
“This subject is too important to go unaddressed,” said Tuberville. “Over the last several months, I’ve asked multiple high-ranking members of the Biden-Harris administration to articulate what it is trying to accomplish in Ukraine. Just tell us. Tell us what it will cost and how we plan to achieve these results. Not one official in this administration has answered my questions clearly. Not one.”
Tuberville revealed that one of the most unclear explanations as to why the U.S. is prolonging the conflict came from Secretary of Defense Llyod Austin himself.
“He says, ‘We want to see Ukraine remain a sovereign, independent and democratic state that has the ability to defend itself in its territory and deter aggression.’ Ok. Secretary Austin continued, stating that it is the administration’s goal to bring Ukraine into NATO while simultaneously blaming Russia for NATO’s past expansion.”
The Senator also posed a hypothetical circumstance to illustrate the severity of the situation.
“NATO’s expansion was on NATO’s terms, separate and apart from any Russian input or activity. Let me read that again. NATO expansion was on NATO’s terms, separate and apart from any Russian input or activity—contrary to Secretary Austin’s claims. Ask yourself: How would the U.S. react if China or Russia entered a mutual defense organization with Mexico or Canada? How would we react? What if they started basing troops or participating in military exercises just miles from our homeland?”
Tuberville said that the United States is on the “cusp of nuclear war” after the White House recently permitted Ukraine to begin hitting targets deep inside Russia with American-made long-range ATACMS missiles. The deadly projectiles are controlled by American and/or NATO satellites.
“We do not need the administration to enable Ukraine to use offensive weapons and strike deep into Russia. That cannot happen. Nobody seems concerned: ‘It won’t happen.’ Yes, it will happen. Putin has told us it will happen if you continue this. This would only escalate this conflict to an entirely new level that none of us can ever imagine.”
According to Tuberville, the U.S. and NATO are “trying to create a war.”
“Do you think this offensive would convince Putin to come to the table and negotiate a peace agreement? Well, I would hope we would go, but we do not seem to want to make a peace agreement,” Tuberville said. “We had better and we’d better do it in the very near future. This will provoke him to [use] even more deadly weapons if we continue to attack within their borders, costing more and more lives. NATO and the U.S. would be forced to respond as a result.”
“War is a serious business. We should understand that by now. You don’t half-ass your way into one and certainly don’t half-ass your way out of one. That doesn’t seem to resonate around here.”
The Biden-Harris Administration announced an additional $8 billion military aid package for Ukraine on Thursday.
