{"id":1392062,"date":"2022-03-21T13:14:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T17:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1392062"},"modified":"2022-03-21T13:14:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T17:14:44","slug":"gop-rep-gallagher-we-are-continually-behind-the-curve-because-we-are-afraid-of-provoking-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-gallagher-we-are-continually-behind-the-curve-because-we-are-afraid-of-provoking-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep. Gallagher: &#039;We Are Continually Behind the Curve Because We Are Afraid of Provoking Putin&#039;"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fgop-rep-gallagher-we-are-continually-behind-the-curve-because-we-are-afraid-of-provoking-putin%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=1392062&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>Monday on Fox News Channel\u2019s \u201cAmerica\u2019s Newsroom,\u201d Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) lamented that the United States had not done enough to assist Ukraine during its war with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>According to Gallagher, \u201cwe are continually behind the curve because we are afraid of provoking\u201d Russian President Vladimir Putin. He urged the White House to \u201cmake Putin fear\u201d what the United States could do to help Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI hope he does everything possible to rally the West so that President Zelensky can negotiate from a position of strength,\u201d Gallagher emphasized. \u201cThat is our job. Our job is to help Zelensky, who is doing a great job rallying support for Ukraine by continuing the supply of lethal assistance despite Putin\u2019s threat. I would also like the president to iron out the Polish MiG 29 fiasco, as well as find a way to take Slovakia up on its offer to provide Russia-made S-300s to Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>He continued, \u201cAnd while we should be wary of escalation, we cannot allow the continual fear of escalation to dominate our thinking. I think that\u2019s why we got into this mess in the first place \u2014 because of the continual fear of provoking Putin, whether it was the administration\u2019s delay for over a year of providing lethal assistance, the Biden administration\u2019s unwillingness to impose sanctions, or that MiG fiasco. We are continually behind the curve because we are afraid of provoking Putin. And it\u2019s time we make Putin\u00a0fear what we are willing to do in defense of Ukraine. Put differently: The best way to avoid World War III is by strengthening our military deterrent and investing in hard power. And that\u2019s the message I hope I hear from President Biden when he travels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Trent Baker\u00a0on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MagnifiTrent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@MagnifiTrent<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday on Fox News Channel\u2019s \u201cAmerica\u2019s Newsroom,\u201d Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) lamented that the United States had not done enough to assist Ukraine during its war with Russia. 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