BUT WE LOOK FOR THINGS THAT
ALSO CAN PROVIDE THEM AN
ADVANTAGE IN THIS FIGHT.
>> JOINING US NOW IS THE
DEMOCRATIC COLORADO CONGRESSMAN
JASON CROW, MEMBER BOTH THE
ARMED SERVICES AND INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEES.
HE HAS SERVED AS AN ARMY RANGER
IN BOTH IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.
CONGRESSMAN, THANKS FOR YOUR
TIME TONIGHT.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
WE LEARNED THE BIDEN NATION
WILL STAND ANOTHER $100 MILLION
WORTH OF THESE VERY EFFECTIVE
JAVELIN ANTI-TANK MISSILES TO
UKRAINE.
BUT OUR FIRST GUEST TONIGHT,
THE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT ALEX
TOLD ME THAT RUSSIAN LONG-RANGE
ATTACKS ON THE CIVILIAN
POPULATIONS ARE THE REASONS WHY
UKRAINE SO DESPERATELY NEEDS
ANTI-TANK AND ANTI AIRCRAFT
OFFENSE MORE THAN ANTI-TANK
DEFENSE.
YOU'VE ALSO MADE THAT ARGUMENT.
IS THE U.S. GOING TO DO IT?
>> YEAH, I THINK THE UNITED
STATES IS GOING TO DO IT.
I WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR,
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS
DONE A REMARKABLE JOB PROVIDING
A FASTER ARRAY OF THE OFFENSIVE
WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT TO THE
UKRAINIANS IN A VERY SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME.
THERE'S A COUPLE REASONS WHY
THE CRANES ARE HAVING AS MUCH
SUCCESS ON THE BATTLEFIELD THAT
THEY ARE.
ONE IS THAT THEY ARE FIERCE
FIGHTERS, THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR
THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM.
THE SECOND IS, WE'RE GIVING
THEM TREMENDOUS WEAPONS, 24
CENTURY WEAPONS AT A BREAKNECK
PACE.
AND THE THIRD IS, WE'VE BEEN
TRAINING THEM SINCE 2014.
GIVEN THE COMMUNICATIONS
EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING ACTUALLY
BRING THEM TO THE BATTLEFIELD
WITH THE FIGHT THAN THEY ARE
NOW.
SO THE MINISTRATION IS ON A
GREAT JOB, BUT WORST CHANGE,
WARS OF ALL.
AND THIS WARRANTS CHANGE
INVOLVED.
THE RUSSIANS HAVE ADOPTED,
THEY'RE SHIFTING THEIR TACTIC.
THEY'RE SHIFTING THE LOCATION.
SO OUR SUPPORT HAS THAT DOUBTS.
THAT'S WITH THIS LETTER IS
ABOUT.
IT'S NOT A CRITICAL LETTER, NOT
SAYING THEY HAVEN'T DONE
ENOUGH.
WE'RE SAYING THAT THE NEXT
PHASE OF THIS WAR WILL REQUIRE
NOT POLLUTION, A CHANGE IN BOTH
THE QUANTITY AND SPEED AND
NATURE OF THIS WEATHER REPORT
RIGHT.
>> CONGRESSMAN, YOU ARE AN ARMY
RANGER.
YOU START NOT AFGHANISTAN AND
IRAQ, SO YOU KNOW THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THIS.
HOW DO YOU BALANCE THE
UKRAINIAN REQUEST FOR MORE
ASSISTANCE, SOME OF WHICH,
RUSSIA WILL TAKE TO BE AN ACT
OF WAR FROM NATO.
HOW DO YOU SEPARATE THOSE
THINGS?
BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE IN THAT IF
YOU DO THAT, YOU END UP IN A
WORLD WAR THREE, AND UPON A
DIRECT WAR WITH THE RUSSIA, A
HOT WAR THAT COULD INVOLVE YOU
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
SOMEHOW YOU THINK ABOUT THIS.
>> HOW I THINK ABOUT IT IS,
WE'RE NOT GOING TO IMPLEMENT A
NO-FLY ZONE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD
REQUIRE U.S. FIGHTER JETS A
SHOOTING DOWN RUSSIAN FIGHTER
JETS AND THE UKRAINIANS GUYS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA SEND NATO OR
U.S. TROOPS TO FIGHT ON THE
GROUND THAN RUSSIA.
SO SHORT OF THOSE THINGS, THERE
ARE MANY OTHER THINGS WE CAN
DO.
WE CAN PROVIDE ALL THE
ASSISTANCE WE CAN ASK FOR AT A
PERIOD OF TIME.
WE CAN DO IT NOW, BECAUSE THEY
HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN IT
AND HOW THE SUPPLY LINES AND BE
TRAINED ON THOSE SYSTEMS.
TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE
SYSTEMS THAT WILL ANNOUNCE OF
THE RUSSIANS OR BE CAPTURED
EITHER.
SO BALANCING ALL THOSE
CONSIDERATIONS.
BUT YOU CAN GIVE THEM, OVER A
PERIOD OF TIME, BUT WE HAVE A
LIST OF 17 ITEMS PRIORITIZED AN
ORDER OF 1 TO 17.
THE TOP ITEMS I THINGS THAT
THEY NEED TO IMPLEMENT RIGHT
NOW AND PUT INTO EFFECT ON THE
BATTLEFIELD TODAY.
AS YOU GOOD ON THAT LIST, THERE
ARE A LONGER TERM THINGS.
FIGHTER JETS, TANKS, OTHER
MATERIAL THAT REQUIRES
SUSTAINMENT.
SOME SUPPLY LINES, SOME
TRAINING THAT THEY MAY NOT
HAVE.
BUT THE ADMINISTRATION
RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING
HERE IS THE UKRAINIANS AFTER
BOTH FIGHT NOW, AND HAVE TO
TRANSITION TO A LONGER TERM
FIGHT AS THE RUSSIANS BEGIN AND
LOOK AT A WAR OF ATTRITION OVER
LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
SO HAVE TO DO BOTH.
THE UKRAINIANS UNDERSTAND THAT,
AND WE HAVE TO BUILD A BALANCE
WILL FOR THE SHUT DOWN THE LONG
TERM.
>> IT'S HARD TO THINK ABOUT A
LONG TERM WHEN YOU SEE THE
IMAGES THAT WE'VE ALL WATCHED
THIS WEEKEND OF THESE
ATROCITIES.
WE APPRECIATE THAT PEOPLE LIKE
YOU ARE THE REAL EXPERIENCE ON
ABOUT FIELD AND THEN GOVERNMENT
UNDERSTAND HOW TO DISCUSS THEM.