VLADIMIR Putin is in a “very vulnerable” position and the supply of US cluster munitions to Ukraine is designed to keep him on the back foot, according to President Joe Biden’s former chief of staff.
Asked about President Biden’s decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine, Susan Platt told GB News: “Vladimir Putin is in a very vulnerable situation right now and we want to keep the pedal to the metal so that he stays that way…
“He [Biden] said it was a difficult decision that he made. But it was clearly something that President Zelenskyy asked for, he believes it’s needed, and I believe that President Biden and our military believe it’s something that could aid in the war against Russia, and that’s why they’re doing it.”
In a discussion with Mark Longhurst and Pip Tomson, she said she did not believe that the US is sending cluster munitions because of a shortage of other ammunition.
She said: “I can’t imagine that it is the United States. Maybe it’s a little in short supply in Ukraine, but certainly the United States is not going to leave ourselves shy of those weapons, but I’m sure we’ll have plenty to send both ways.
“I think leadership matters and I think Joe Biden has shown his leadership on this issue. The Republicans are just so busy circling in their three-ring circus around Donald Trump and his legal problems and his other issues, that right now the American people are behind Joe Biden, and I think we all agree that we need to do all we can to support Ukraine.”
On Ukraine joining NATO, she said: “I’m not a foreign policy expert, but if Article 5 goes into effect, then we will all be at war with Russia, and I don’t think that’s anything we need to be doing at this moment.
“The US has done everything they can in support of the war in Ukraine against Putin’s army and we’ll continue to do that.”
