{"id":1233318,"date":"2022-01-23T14:09:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T19:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1233318"},"modified":"2022-01-23T14:09:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T19:09:47","slug":"congressman-warns-of-global-ramifications-if-russia-invades-ukraine-reveals-3-things-biden-must-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressman-warns-of-global-ramifications-if-russia-invades-ukraine-reveals-3-things-biden-must-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressman Warns Of \u2018Global Ramifications\u2019 If Russia Invades Ukraine, Reveals 3 Things Biden Must Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcongressman-warns-of-global-ramifications-if-russia-invades-ukraine-reveals-3-things-biden-must-do%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1233318&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), the Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee, warned on Sunday that Russia is going to invade Ukraine unless President Joe Biden takes immediate hard action to show Russian President Vladimir Putin that the U.S. is serious about backing Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>McCaul said that he \u201ccompletely disagree[d]\u201d with the notion that the Biden administration loses leverage if they start to enact sanctions against Russia before Russia invades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this has been a passive deterrence, right?\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t see Putin changing his course of action. It\u2019s getting very aggressive. The noose is tightening around Ukraine. President Zelensky, as you mentioned, said he wants the sanctions now. We can always remove the sanctions if it deters Putin\u2019s bad behavior, but if you reward that and there are no consequences, it\u2019s going to continue. And I think all along, there are so many things we can be doing to provide deterrence if we don\u2019t do this. The plan of action that I\u2019ve seen in the classified space, as well as very specific, very aggressive, is timetable. If we don\u2019t do something strong right now, I\u2019m afraid that he\u2019s going to invade Ukraine, which will have, as \u2014 as the secretary talked about, he\u2019s right and I think you and I did. It will have global ramifications here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCaul said that the U.S. has \u201cnever seen\u201d a build up of Russian forces like this and that an invasion was going to happen without much stronger deterrence.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to enacting sanctions now, McCaul said that more lethal weapons needed to be sent to Ukraine and the U.S. needed to hold joint military exercises with allies in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need joint exercises in Poland, the Baltic states, Romania, Bulgaria to show Putin that we\u2019re serious. Right now,\u201d he said. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t see we\u2019re serious and that\u2019s why the buildup is taking place. I think this all started with Afghanistan and the unconditional surrender to the Taliban when he saw weakness, weakness invites aggression. We saw that with Chamberlain and Hitler. You know, Reagan talked about peace through strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: And we\u2019re back with the top Republican on the Foreign Affairs Committee in the House, Congressman Michael McCaul of Texas. Good morning to you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REP. MICHAEL MCCAUL (R-TX): Good morning. Thanks for having me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: Lots to decipher with you. But first, I want to start on what we just heard from the chairman. Has that seemed fairly extraordinary what he just laid out? He says that there is reason to believe, and the committee has possession of documents about this plot, essentially to seize voting machines that involve members of the military that they have already been in touch with the former attorney general. What is your reaction to this?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REP. MCCAUL: Well, you know my reaction, it was a dark day, Jan.6, I want the truth to come out. I think this committee has been somewhat politicized. But the truth should come out, and I think the Department of Justice has been conducting an investigation. I worked at the DOJ for almost 15 years, and I trust their trust investigation- I in fact called upon them to investigate this, so I\u2019m hopeful that the truth will come out on this. The allegations are very serious.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: And I do know that you are endorsed by the former President Trump. So, this has to be a little uncomfortable to hear these kinds of allegations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REP. MCCAUL: I\u2019ve- of course, I mean, when the executive- commander in chief and these are allegations, I don\u2019t think the executive order was ever followed through with\u2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: \u2013Right, It was a draft, but it was discussed in the Oval Office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REP. MCCAUL: \u2013 Right. I think it should come out the truth, obviously. I always say it. The truth should come out.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, we will continue to watch the committee on that point on Russia. You heard the secretary say that if he uses the leverage of sanctions now, he gives up an important bit of deterrence. Do you disagree?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REP. MCCAUL: I completely disagree. I think this has been a passive deterrence, right? I don\u2019t. I don\u2019t see Putin changing his course of action. It\u2019s getting very aggressive. The noose is tightening around Ukraine. President Zelensky, as you mentioned, said he wants the sanctions now. We can always remove the sanctions if it deters Putin\u2019s bad behavior, but if you reward that and there are no consequences, it\u2019s going to continue. And I think all along, there are so many things we can be doing to provide deterrence if we don\u2019t do this, MARGARET. The plan of action that I\u2019ve seen in the classified space, as well as very specific, very aggressive, is timetable. If we don\u2019t do something strong right now, I\u2019m afraid that he\u2019s going to invade Ukraine,<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), the Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee, warned on Sunday that Russia is going to invade Ukraine unless President Joe Biden takes immediate hard action to show Russian President Vladimir Putin that the U.S. is serious about backing Ukraine. 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