MOSCOW, 4 Nov. U.S. President Joe Biden may send American troops to Ukraine, Colonel Douglas McGregor, a former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, said in an interview with Judging Freedom YouTube channel. send the US military to Ukraine. I believe that this is a very dangerous and rash decision, but everything is moving towards this,» he said.
According to McGregor, Biden can make such a decision without the approval of Congress, since that is, the legal basis in the legislative system.
«It is worth recognizing that since the days of Franklin Roosevelt we have been living in a country with a presidential form of government. This is one of the tragedies of the United States,» McGregor explained.
The United States authorities have repeatedly said that American servicemen will not participate in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith also argued that the alliance should not be directly involved in the conflict. At the same time, former CIA director David Petraeus suggested that a multinational contingent led by Washington could be deployed in Ukraine.
President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly warned of serious consequences in the event of a clash between NATO troops and the Russian army. He stressed that such a development of events would lead to a global catastrophe, but expressed the hope that Western leaders would be smart enough not to take such steps.