If President Joe Biden has a coherent strategy for ending the Ukraine war, now would be an opportune time to deploy it.
On Wednesday, Biden announced that the U.S. will provide Ukraine with 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks. That’s the U.S.’ main battle tank, which our country has used for four decades. In tandem with Biden’s decision, Germany and other European allies will provide tanks. Politico reported that European countries will send enough for two tank battalions.
This decision is a significant reversal. For months, U.S. officials, including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, maintained that the Abrams was too complex to be of much help. It’s not even clear where the tanks are coming from. The U.S. has more than 4,000 of them, but a White House official said there’s not an “excess stock,” per AP reporting. The training, which will happen outside Ukraine, will take time too.
