‘THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DITHERED’: It was always the case that Ukraine would need modern tanks to prevail on the battlefield over Russia, and it was always the case that providing those tanks would be a complex task requiring training for tank crews and maintainers and the establishment of logistics supply lines to keep the tanks running through the rigors of combat.

So while President Joe Biden’s announcement that the United States will send a Ukrainian battalion-size complement of 31 M1A2 main battle tanks to arrive sometime later this year was widely praised on Capitol Hill, some lawmakers questioned why it took so long.

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