A $61 billion military aid package for Ukraine, approved by the US House of Representatives, could be signed into law by President Biden tomorrow, bringing urgently needed shells and rockets to the frontline within two weeks.
The weapons could make the difference between defeat and survival for Ukraine, between enduring as a sovereign democracy and succumbing to Russian imperialism and bombs. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has come from nowhere to save the world, spent six months declining to allow a vote on the Ukraine aid plan even though it was clear a large bipartisan majority would back it.
Johnson wasted precious time searching for a deal that would give the isolationist wing of his party a draconian new anti-migrant regime on the US-Mexican border in return for their support for aid for Uk In February, Trump effectively vetoed any such deal to avoid handing Biden a win.
In fairness, Johnson has shown patience with the hard right,guile with Trump, imagination with the legislative process, and courage to do the right thing and let the chips fall where they may.
Stockpiles of Patriot anti-missile munitions and 155mm artillery shells had already been positioned in Germany and Poland in anticipation of the vote.
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