Jack Keane claims Biden administration's restriction on Ukraine's use of US weapons makes 'no sense whatsoever'
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Co-host Brian Kilmeade was joined by senior strategic analyst Gen Jack Keane (Retd) to discuss President Joe Biden's meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Normandy, France, on the Friday, June 6 episode of 'Fox & Friends.'
During the meeting commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, Biden reportedly apologized to Zelensky for the delay in US aid reaching Ukraine, simultaneously unveiling a new $225 million aid package for the country.
Although the incumbent asserted that the White House was "completely" supportive of Kyiv, his administration has allowed Ukraine to use US weapons for strikes inside Russia, specifically in areas near the Russia-Ukraine border.
Jack Keane claims US and Ukraine have different objectives
"The Biden administration doesn't publicly state the objective that they are really enforcing, and that is they have from the outset wanted Ukraine to go and negotiate a settlement as soon as possible to end hostilities," Keane told Kilmeade on the show.
"And Zelensky's objective is to retake all of the territory that Russia has occupied and drive those forces out of there."
He emphasized that the primary reason for the United States not initially supplying Ukraine with advanced weapons, and subsequently restricting their use to border areas only, was to prevent escalation of the conflict with Russia.
However, it was not what Russia ever intended as they continued their assault on Ukraine, and the European nations have already come to that realization, continued Keane. "What I just stated, I think is de-facto US policy, but not publicly stated," he added.
Jack Keane's take on the restrictions on Ukraine's use of US weapons
"Because of the weapons restrictions, Russia has moved up their forces, and particularly their logistics to supply the forces that are attacking across the border from Russia into Ukraine..." stated the veteran. "They have had some success with that ... because their interior support lines are so close."
He blamed the success of the Russian attacks upon the restrictions placed on Ukraine's use of US weapons, which he argued prevented them from being launched at "logistic lines and support build-up across the Russian border."
Keane argued that Ukraine should be allowed to launch attacks at Moscow in response to Russia's missile strikes on Kyiv, concluding, "It is unprecedented (that) we would restrict a force from attacking an invader's country. That makes no sense operationally whatsoever."
