{"id":1410993,"date":"2022-03-30T17:15:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T21:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1410993"},"modified":"2022-03-30T17:15:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T21:15:18","slug":"rep-gallagher-presses-general-to-admit-biden-admin-failed-dissuading-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-gallagher-presses-general-to-admit-biden-admin-failed-dissuading-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Gallagher Presses General To Admit Biden Admin Failed Dissuading Russia"},"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\">22<\/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%2Frep-gallagher-presses-general-to-admit-biden-admin-failed-dissuading-russia%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=1410993&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>Republican Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher pressed U.S. Gen. Tod Wolters, who admitted that he could not argue with the conclusion that President Joe Biden\u2019s administration failed to \u201cdissuade\u201d Russia from invading Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><br \/><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wolters was testifying before the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/29\/gen-mckenzie-military-drone-strike-afghanistan-civilians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">House Armed Services Committee<\/a> on Wednesday when Gallagher began his line of questioning. Without mentioning Biden\u2019s name, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/17\/stop-lying-republicans-trash-colleagues-who-use-proxy-voting-to-go-to-a-fundraiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gallagher<\/a> pressed Wolters on U.S. deterrence attempts prior to Russia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/29\/russia-ukraine-war-sign-potential-peace-agreement-kyiv-us-skeptical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">invasion<\/a> of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou as a combatant commander felt you were part of an inter-agency effort intended to deter Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine,\u201d Gallagher said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s correct,\u201d Wolters replied. \u201cTo deter and dissuade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeter and dissuade,\u201d Gallagher said, repeating Wolters\u2019s remark. \u201cAnd then on February 24, Vladimir Putin of course invaded Ukraine. Correct?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorrect,\u201d Wolters responded.<\/p>\n<p>Gallagher continued, noting that one could \u201cargue that\u201d Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Crimea and \u201cinfiltrated the Donbas.\u201d Gallagher asked Wolters \u201cin light of that fact\u201d if it \u201cwould be fair to say deterrence failed in Ukraine?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNumber 1, I would say that NATO\u2019s solidarity remained and NATO\u2019s ability to effectively deter remained, and I can\u2019t argue with your conclusion,\u201d Wolters said. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/24\/joe-biden-sanctions-never-deter-russia-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Biden Says \u2018Sanctions Never Deter\u2019 Despite Insistence From His Own Administration To The Contrary)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe deterrence failed in Ukraine,\u201d Gallagher responded. \u201cSpecifically, integrated deterrence failed in Ukraine. And I don\u2019t bring that up to score a partisan point, I just think it\u2019s worth understanding why that happened. Particularly as we now have anonymous senior Pentagon officials bragging to the Washington Post about the success of integrated deterrence in Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gallagher went on to note that it was a \u201cgood thing\u201d that Russia had not invaded NATO territory, but called it \u201ca low bar for success.\u201d Gallagher concluded by stating that \u201cintegrated deterrence as conceptualized by the Pentagon and as implemented in the specific case of Ukraine, as a matter of fact, failed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher pressed U.S. Gen. 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