Hill Penned Washington Post Op-ed Against Giving Ukraine Weapons in 2015

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Hill was testifying in the seventh public hearing in the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment inquiry. As she had in her closed-door deposition last month, Hill said she was concerned about Ukraine’s security and stability as it defended itself against Russia. In that context, she — and others — were worried about a hold on security.

But Hill also had to admit that she co-authored an op-ed in 2015, when she was working at the left-wing Brookings Institution think tank, in which she opposed sending weapons to help Ukraine.

In her article, titled “How aiding the Ukrainian military could push Putin into a regional war,” Hill argued:

The logic of sending weapons to Ukraine seems straightforward and is the same as the logic for economic sanctions: to change Vladi*mir Putin’s “calculus.” Increasing the Ukrainian army’s fighting capacity, the thinking goes, would allow it to kill more rebels and Russian soldiers, generating a backlash in Russia and ultimately forcing the Russian president to the negotiating table.

We strongly disagree…

It is hard to find effective alternatives to the current sanctions policy, but if we plunge headlong into sending weapons, we may lose our allies, and we may never have the opportunity to get things right.

https://www.breitbart.com/national-s...apons-in-2015/

She’s another nut who is all over the map.

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Fuck BREITBART. It's a joke.

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Hill was testifying in the seventh public hearing in the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment inquiry. As she had in her closed-door deposition last month, Hill said she was concerned about Ukraine’s security and stability as it defended itself against Russia. In that context, she — and others — were worried about a hold on security.

But Hill also had to admit that she co-authored an op-ed in 2015, when she was working at the left-wing Brookings Institution think tank, in which she opposed sending weapons to help Ukraine.

In her article, titled “How aiding the Ukrainian military could push Putin into a regional war,” Hill argued:

The logic of sending weapons to Ukraine seems straightforward and is the same as the logic for economic sanctions: to change Vladi*mir Putin’s “calculus.” Increasing the Ukrainian army’s fighting capacity, the thinking goes, would allow it to kill more rebels and Russian soldiers, generating a backlash in Russia and ultimately forcing the Russian president to the negotiating table.

We strongly disagree…

It is hard to find effective alternatives to the current sanctions policy, but if we plunge headlong into sending weapons, we may lose our allies, and we may never have the opportunity to get things right.

https://www.breitbart.com/national-s...apons-in-2015/

She’s another nut who is all over the map.

WOW!! Put a fork in that hack.....she's done.

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Fuck BREITBART. It's a joke.

Can't refute the facts; so attack the source. You really are a pathetic leftist hack.

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Fuck BTEIBART. It's a joke.

The OP is the kind of jerkwad Russkie asset Hill was warning about.

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The OP is the kind of jerkwad Russkie asset Hill was warning about.

Can you refute the facts presented or not? We didn't think so...

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Another View: Giving weapons to Ukraine could goad Putin into a regional war
By Fiona Hill And Clifford Gaddy Published 3:38 pm EST, Friday, February 6, 2015

The United States is on a dangerous trajectory in its relations with Russia, a nuclear superpower that believes itself to be under direct threat. Several former U.S. officials and top think-tank experts released a report calling on the West to provide military support to Ukraine. The logic of sending weapons to Ukraine seems straightforward and is the same as the logic for economic sanctions: to change Vladimir Putin’s “calculus.” Increasing the Ukrainian army’s fighting capacity, the thinking goes, would allow it to kill more rebels and Russian soldiers, generating a backlash in Russia and ultimately forcing the Russian president to the negotiating table.

We strongly disagree. The evidence points in a different direction. If we follow the recommendations of this report, the Ukrainians won’t be the only ones caught in an escalating military conflict with Russia.

In the jargon of geopolitics, Putin enjoys “escalation dominance” in Ukraine: Whatever move we make, he can match it and go further. In August, when it looked as though Ukraine might rout the rebels, Putin increased the stakes and countered the Ukrainian military. Drawing on those lessons, some Russian security analysts are now pushing for a preemptive invasion of Ukraine, arguing that Russia should go all the way to Kiev before the West takes further action. One recent such plan suggested that Moscow was losing momentum in the conflict and should not waste more time on fruitless negotiations. The Western press coverage of the issue of lethal weapons can only convince those in Moscow pushing “full war and invasion now” that their approach is correct.

We also must consider the effect that arming Ukraine would have on our European allies. The report has created an uproar in Berlin and other European capitals, stoking concern that the Obama administration will take steps others are not ready for. If Putin concludes that transatlantic unity can be shattered, with the United States facing the possibility of going it alone in Ukraine, why would he change course?

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We face a huge challenge in devising a strategy to deal with Russia that does not fuel this escalatory cycle and puts Ukraine on another path. We also need to draw bright lines around transatlantic unity and work to preserve it. It is hard to find effective alternatives to the current sanctions policy, but if we plunge headlong into sending weapons, we may lose our allies, and we may never have the opportunity to get things right.

https://www.registercitizen.com/opin...d-11983029.php

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The OP is the kind of jerkwad Russkie asset Hill was warning about.

How is it wrong? See above; she argues AGAINST sending lethal weapons. Now, suddenly, the liberal left and the Party of the Jackass are concerned about Ukraines ability to defend itself???

You're the definition of a jerkwad.

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Put another fork in Schiff's lie filled narrative about how Ukraine's security was placed in jeopardy by Trump.

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The OP is the kind of jerkwad Russkie asset Hill was warning about.

you fucling idiot FIONA HILL WROTE THE OP ED

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She’s another nut who is all over the map.

she has to be an Obama holdover

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Can you refute the facts presented or not? We didn't think so...

Cin's and desh's favorite poster here is a huge "Russkie asset"....(facts don't matter to the dem's here

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Cin's and desh's favorite poster here is a huge "Russkie asset"....(facts don't matter to the dem's here

Facts never matter to those two.