The US will reportedly send ATACMS to Ukraine — yet another advanced weapons system that the White House had previously ruled out.
AARON MATÉ SEP 11, 2023 READ
The White House previously invoked that very capability to rule out the ATACMS as too dangerous an escalation. As National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan explained in June 2022, President Biden was “not prepared to provide” long-range missiles, given the “key goal” of avoiding “the road towards a third world war.”
Just over one year later, the road towards a third world war is no longer closed.