Moving the Lines in Ukraine
Thomas Graham, Jr. and David Bernell The level and quality of military support for Ukraine from NATO countries continues to increase. In just the last few weeks, there have been announcements that the United States will be providing new types of equipment to Ukraine, most notably the M1 Abrams tank, as well as Bradley and Stryker fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, and the Patriot missile defense system. Germany will send its own tanks, the Leopard 2, along with armored fighting vehicles. It also announced that it would provide approval to Poland and other countries that want to send Ukraine their own German-supplied Leopard 2 tanks. For Germany this is an historic change of policy. In addition, the British will be providing tanks and armored personnel carriers, as NATO countries also provide the training to use these systems. This even includes sending Ukrainian soldiers to Oklahoma to learn how to effectively use the Patriot missile (which George Will coined as the...