Shaffer to Newsmax: US Defense of Ukraine Won’t ‘Pick Back Up’

Shaffer to Newsmax: US Defense of Ukraine Won't 'Pick Back Up'

Shaffer to Newsmax: US Defense of Ukraine Won’t ‘Pick Back Up’

The United States’ defense of Ukraine won’t “pick back up,” retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer told Newsmax Saturday.

“I hate to be the wet blanket here, but I disagree … It’s not going to pick back up,” he told Newsmax’s “Saturday Agenda.”

“We used between 10[%] and 15% of our THAAD [Terminal High Altitude Area Defense] missiles defending the Israelis against Iran. We have our own needs.

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