This is John Batchelor, speaking with Bradley Bowman of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy

about the package in Congress due for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, the border, and the fact that the Congress is not vasefing

this package needed in Ukraine especially given the report of a Russian offensive is variously confusing to the American public.

Why is in Congress approving this?

One complaint, Bradley deals with right away. The complaint is, we've done

enough, have we? Have we done enough compared to our European allies to defend liberty in Europe and across the planet? Brad questions that.

Is Bradley Bowman on how much has the U.S. done compared to its NATO and EU allies to defend Ukraine, to help Ukraine defend

itself.

Yeah, you know, I'm glad you asked that again, John, because one of the first complaints that you hear from some some Americans reluctant to provide additional security citizens Ukraine is you know what about those ungrateful

free-writing Europeans you know what the heck are they doing?

And one of the things we highlighted in our peace, John,

was what a Pentagon official said last month.

And that is that the United States is not even the top donor to Ukraine. In fact, the United States

ranked 16th among nations, this is as of a few weeks ago, when it comes to providing security

assistance Ukraine as a percentage of gross domestic products.

So are the Europeans perfect here?

No, they're not.

Do we see some troubling headlines coming out of Germany?

Yes.

Are some countries, could some countries do more? Yes but you know by and large Europe is stepping up and carrying an increasing portion of the security burden

But the problem is John there's a there's a window here where American weapons are needed in the

next one to three years before Europe can invest in defense can build their

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