U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Sunday he has introduced legislation that would give congressional authorization for President Joe Biden to use U.S. military force in Ukraine if Russia uses chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.
Speaking on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” the Illinois Republican said the joint resolution would not be a mandate for the Democratic president but rather a measure that would provide an option for Biden’s administration while also sending a warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin as he pursues war with Ukraine.
“It just says if it is used, (Biden) has that leverage. It gives him a better flexibility. But also, it is a deterrent to Vladimir Putin. If Vladimir Putin wants to escalate with the west, he will. It’s easy for him to do it,” said Kinzinger, a six-term congressman from Channahon who is not seeking reelection.
“Prior to World War II, there were moments nobody ever wanted to get involved and eventually came to realize they had to. I hope we don’t get to that point here. But we should be ready if we do,” he said.
Kinzinger, a U.S. Air Force veteran with missions in Afghanistan and Iraq who is a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard, said in a separate statement that his introduction of the use-of-military-force resolution came after speaking with Secretary of State Antony Blinken “and hearing his grave concerns over Putin’s use of chemical weapons.”
Kinzinger, in his TV interview, also said he hoped there would be broad congressional support for Biden’s call last week for $33 billion in humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine through September.
“Look, we do have outliers and people that seem to show some Putin sympathy, but for the most part Congress is vastly and largely united on the issue of Ukraine. We recognize Ukraine is fighting for all of us,” Kinzinger said, citing some Republicans who have questioned providing U.S. aid to the war-torn country.
“That $33 billion is significantly less than what we would have to spend if we took Russia on directly, so I hope we don’t have any impediments to that at all. I wouldn’t expect we do.”
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“U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Sunday he has introduced legislation that would give congressional authorization for President Joe Biden to use U.S. military force in Ukraine if Russia uses chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.”
The “genius” of this guy is appalling.
Jimmy Carter had his disaster in the Iranian desert crash and burnings. Biden will top him in failure in whatever military endeavor he attempts. God help our troops. Afghanistan is the canary in the American military coal mine warning us of impending death and disaster which happens to everything Joe touches. like King Midas whose greed for power thought to get rich and successful but ended up unable to even eat the food he touched which turned to gold. Like King Midas,,, America be careful what you ask for.
He’s proof positive, NO CONSERVATIVES are left, in Ill-o-noise.
True American Patriot Samuel Johnson was correct back in 1775 when he stated;
“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel” when it is false patriotism used as the last desperate means to save the failed administration of a party of social scoundrels, now resorting to the use of the Ukrainian war to divert American voters from their every social failure on every social situation of dictatorial governing battle plans they have put into place in the last year, ALL of whose obvious flaws can no longer be hidden in the pain now felt by WE THE PEOPLE. Let the RINO’s unite with the Democrat extremists they share so many venues of self-interest in, which now only serve to out they and their true intentions to join the Biden establishment team of self-interest and self-enrichment at the expense of WE THE PEOPLE. Their desperate attempts to appear patriotic and defenders of freedom and Democracy overseas, are just indications of the desperation they now experience here at home, seeing the headlights of a debilitated American populace coming down the train tracks that will run over their socially strapped down party of political Pearl Purehearts, desperately in need of a Mighty Mouse or mighty mouth like Bill or Barak to come save them from their own self-destruction.
Seems our politicians are more interested in interfering & dictating govt policy in foreign nations than they are in upholding the oath they took to defend the sovereignty, security, economy & best interests of USA.
Unbelievably TX GOP rep M. McCaul actually said he would be in favor of unleashing chemical weapons if Russia does & he’s not only one in our govt implying favor of such horrific action against a foreign nation that.has not directly attacked or declared war against us.
WOW! Nice to know our politicians on both sides are as deranged & dangerous to humanity as any of the other madmen now & in history who have assumed absolute power to dictate the life & death of people they rule.
Odd how our govt warmongers don’t publicly threaten all out war with Iran or PLO / Hamas on behalf of Israel sovereignty or democracy or with China on behalf of Taiwan or Uyghurs.
FOR decades, they’ve been more concerned in shanking over things in foreign nations, THAN HONORING THEIR OATH to this one.
Yes, Congress should send this clown and all his relatives and friends to Ukraine first before sending any real Americans. They should at least scout the situation on the battlefield and report back.
Maybe if EVERYONE IN congress, was REQUIRED to have served IN The military for say 6 years, they’d be MORE HESITANT of ever sending our boys off to die..