@MarkHertling you have been right on so many aspects of this fight and your assessment of RU forces is accurate but you are consistently underestimating Ukrainian capabilities and are wrong on ATACMs. Here’s why… 🧵

https://twitter.com/MarkHertling/status/1570619239572344833

This conflict is now into its 8th month. Ukrainians have demonstrated mastery of defensive and offensive ops and all the components thereof. They need help with weapons and logistics. I’ve seen 🇺🇦 ability to target deep within occupied territories (humint).

I’m cautiously optimistic. This can be a real turning point. In any battle there comes a point where it can go either way. Ukraine can win or loose based on what happens in the next hours and days. At this decisive point, world opinion and support is shifting toward Ukraine. We need to support Ukraine now. In the next hours not days. If Ukraine holds, the west, freedom and democracy wins. Putin, the dictators and autocrats loose. Other autocrats will take notice.

The American people have trusted the Armed Forces of the United States to protect them and our Constitution for almost 250 years. As we have done throughout our history, the U.S. military will obey lawful orders from civilian leadership, support civil authorities to protect lives and property, ensure public safety in accordance with the law, and remain fully committed to protecting and defending the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. The violent riot in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021 was a direct assault on