UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron warned the US Congress on Wednesday, urging to back the Senate-passed Ukraine aid package that now faces an uphill battle as it moves to the Republican-controlled House.
Cameron advised the US lawmakers not to show "the weakness displayed against Hitler."
Cameron Urges US to Pass Ukraine Aid
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 07: British Foreign Secretary David Cameron answers questions during a press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department December 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. Cameron is meeting with U.S. leaders and urging them to support Ukraine in its fight against the ongoing Russian invasion.
The foreign secretary said Congress should approve the foreign aid package for Taiwan, Israel, and Ukraine for global security. The bill has passed through the Senate but faces a deeply uncertain future in the House of Representatives as Republicans who support presidential frontrunner Donald Trump opposed the legislation.
Cameron said on a visit to Sofia, Bulgaria, that American support for Ukraine is being debated in Congress. He urged congressmen and women to pass the bill to provide the funds and weapons to Ukraine.
He claimed that they are fighting off illegal Putin aggression and they need their support. He said that they should be standing up for freedom, the right of this country to defend itself, and make sure that Russia President Vladimir Putin does not win.
"I hope that will happen. But be in no doubt, we're going to back Ukraine for as long as it takes," he added.
Republican rightwinger Marjorie Taylor Greene told Sky News, "David Cameron needs to worry about his own country, and frankly, he can kiss my ass."
Cameron will be in Bulgaria and Poland this week before heading to the Munich Security Conference, where he will urge allies to increase defense production for Ukraine.
According to an opinion piece for The Hill published on Wednesday, he urged US lawmakers to approve the bill, which "matters greatly to UK and European security."
He continued, speaking about Hitler, saying, "He returned for more, costing us far more lives to stop his aggression." He said that he did not want them to show the weakness displayed against Putin in 2008, when he invaded Georgia, or the uncertainty of the response in 2014 when he took Crimea and Donbas.
Furthermore, he said he wants to show the strength displayed since 2022, as the West has helped Ukrainians liberate half the territory seized by Putin without the loss of any Nato service personnel.
The foreign secretary made a similar intervention last December when he warned that blocking a package of aid for Ukraine would be Putin's "Christmas present" during his visit to Washington, DC.
Cameron said he had come "as a friend of America" to argue that voting to approve the funding is "the right thing to do" as he rejected the accusations of "interfering" with US politics.
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Ukraine 'Running Out of Ammunition' Without US Aid
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on February 14 that Ukrainian troops are running out of ammunition as US assistance has largely stopped flowing. He urged Congress to approve additional funding.
Following months of drawn-out discussions, the US Senate finally approved a foreign aid bill worth $60 billion for Ukraine. The Republican-led House of Representatives has yet to approve the funding, which will likely face strong opposition.
Sullivan said during a press briefing at the White House that they cannot afford to wait any longer as every day comes at a cost to the people of Ukraine and the national security interests of the United States of America.
He continued that the stakes are increasing, and the costs of inaction are increasing daily.
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