{"id":15153,"date":"2023-07-06T04:50:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T09:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=15153"},"modified":"2023-07-06T04:50:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T09:50:50","slug":"its-evil-pence-says-u-s-may-have-to-deploy-troops-against-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=15153","title":{"rendered":"‘It’s evil:’ Pence says U.S. may have to deploy troops against Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The former vice president, who last week made a surprise visit\u2002<\/a>to Ukraine and has broken with some in his party<\/a> over his support for U.S. aid for the Eastern European nation, raised the possibility of American troops fighting Russia during an appearance on the conservative Hugh Hewitt Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said he views Vladimir Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine as \u201cevil,\u201d and said it\u2019s in America\u2019s vital interests to stop the Russian leader from advancing deeper into Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said during his visit to Ukraine he visited the city of Bucha, the site of some of worst atrocities<\/a> Europe has seen since World War II at the hands of Putin\u2019s troops, who according to some accounts opened fire on hundreds of civilians including women and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere was a mass grave that was built by the church. We laid a wreath last week. I mean, I must tell you that what\u2019s going on in Ukraine right now is not just war, it\u2019s evil,\u201d Pence said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd frankly, I really left more resolved than ever that it is in our national interest to give the Ukrainian military the support they need to fight and to repel this Russian invasion. I have no doubt that Vladimir Putin is now facing profound divisions within his own country and his own military. I have no doubt that if Vladimir Putin overran Ukraine, it would not be too long, Hugh, before the Russian military crossed a border where we would have to send our fighting men and women to fight against them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pence said he was relying on the \u201cReagan Doctrine<\/a>\u201d in his assessment of the crisis that called for backing democratic allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo I\u2019m a guy who believes in that old Reagan doctrine,\u201d Pence said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re willing to fight the enemies of the United States on your soil, we\u2019ll give you the means to fight them there so our men and women in uniform don\u2019t have to fight them. And I\u2019m going to continue to be a voice for that in this campaign and all across this country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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