Ron Johnson: “President Poroshenko did give a very impassioned speech here…”

“But is there really somebody targeted in terms of one of those Arab states that actually lead that ground effort? Somebody capable of doing it? Absolutely. Okay, let me go on to Ukraine. President Poroshenko did give a very impassioned speech here in front of a joint session of Congress where he did say, we don't need to provide the ground troops. They'll take care of defeating the rebels, but they have to have more than blankets. I know in discussions with a number of people that one of the reluctance of providing those defensive weaponry is that the calculation is if we provide defensive lethal weaponry, Russia will just up the ante.” (04:15–04:33)

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