AOC: Why Helping Ukraine Is 'The Key In Defending Democracy Geopolitically'

chair now chair now recognize missio Cortez from New York for five minutes thank you so much uh Mr thank you so much chairman I I appreciate it and thank you to all of our Witnesses for sharing your expertise today uh Dr Snider your opening was um I think very Illuminating as to the connections here between different geopolitical theaters and how we can make sure that we continue to defend democracy uh both domestically in the United States but also globally um I I wanted to touch a little bit briefly on and pick up a little bit uh very briefly uh on your exchange uh with representative Conor here in the what you assessed as a mistake in tying Ukraine to the conflict in Gaza um and also presently as you mentioned the necessity of passing Aid to Ukraine as quickly as possible could you speak a little bit uh expand a little bit more on um on where you see that entanglement or detriment in tying the conflict in Ukraine with uh with with what is H with what is happening in Gaza and with u the netanyahu's uh government's decisions to to advance in Gaza and how the US relates to both of those things differently happy to do my best with with respect to the the general premise I just want to emphasize the general premise of your question these things are all connected if you're a Chinese political Warrior and you're concerned with public opinion law and psychology you're not going to respect the safe spaces of the country that you're trying to weaken so we might say I don't want to talk about Ukraine and Chinese political Warfare at the same time but there are no Chinese political Warriors who are doing that correct we might say we don't want to talk about Trump because that's too sensitive but you can precisely not expect Chinese political Warriors to respect your safe spaces it's precisely your safe spaces your tender spots that they're going to go after and this is not just a speculation by me it's the actual record of what actual Chinese propaganda does it goes after the safe spaces that you want yourself not to talk about on the issue of Gaza and Ukraine I'll be as specific as I can as I read it um as I read it in late 2023 in a in a different political context than the one we we're in now and in a different stage to the war in Gaza than the one we're in now the Biden Administration made a political calculation that bringing Israel and Ukraine together would be the most likely way to get people from both sides of the aisle to vote for a substantial bill I believe that was the reason at the time I was not party to those considerations however months later with two other things having happened the first being that the war in Israel has gone through several stages in the meantime and are having gotten past any place where the Israeli military response is going to lead to a political solution and secondly the extreme difficulty in getting Ukraine Aid to pass in any form those two things change the overall political situation for for me I'm who's not in legislature and not an executive branch the what I see is the qualitative difference between the two events that Russia invading Ukraine objectively AIDS the Chinese position in profound ways which their political Warriors try to exploit but it also threatens World Order in ways that are essential to the United States and to its European Partners whereas the the conflict in Gaza is a horrifying terrorist operation which must lead to some kind of political solution it won't be solved militarily that's my assessment thank you so much Dr Snider and I think what you laid out us so clearly there and and in your opening as well is that the core and the key that we have here is in support geopolitically in stability is in supporting is in supporting Ukraine in this moment having military US military assistance and broader Global assistance to Ukraine should be one of our top geopolitical priorities because it is the key in defending democracy geopolitically whether your interest is in China whether the interest is in anywhere else uh there all of the focus here is in Ukraine and in supporting and ensuring that Putin and a an authoritarian regime in Russia does not Prevail in changing the geopolitical order rule of law and uh and functioning democracy worldwide and frankly I think it's important from from my vantage point on the second point is that anything that impedes the swiftness and the urgency of our ability to get that support to Ukraine is is overall contributing to the volatility of our situation do you would you say that that's a fair assessment all all of the Hostile and Russia and Chinese observers and political Warriors want this to drag out as long as possible and praise those who make it drag out so of course my answer would be in the affirmative the front in Ukraine is threatened in ways it doesn't have to be the population is threatened in ways it doesn't have to be this is a relatively easy War for us to influence in the correct way it matters to us for all the reasons that you've given and we ought to do so as quickly as possible thank you thank you Dr Snider

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Published: Thu Apr 18 2024