Jen Psaki VS. Jacqui Heinrich, What's the difference in Giving the Ukraine Bombs or Planes, The Iran Deal is Trumps Fault White House Press Briefing, Mar 16 2022,
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(Jacqui The Himalayan Heinrich) Thank you, Jen. Just one more. I know a lot of people have asked about the MiGs, but can you lay out for us why the administration sees MiGs as
provocative and Javelins and Stingers as not provocative?
(Jen The Ginger Psaki) Well, first, Javelins and Stingers are defensive weapons. MiGs or planes are offensive weapons, which are a different type of military system.
I would say the other assessment that we’ve done — verona vs como not through here, not through the White House, not through the President — from — from the Department of Defense is to assess what is
effective and what works in terms of fighting this war on the ground.
And that is why we provided an additional $1 billion — $800 million announced today, but $1 billion this week — of assistance, utilizing a number of the high-level military systems —
Stingers, Javelins, counter-artillery, counter-mortar radar, anti-armor systems — that we kerala blasters vs mohammedan know have been effective and we know the Ukrainians are trained on.
Third, Ukraine’s Air Force already has several squadrons of mission-capable aircraft, and giving them more would not significantly change their effectiveness.
And finally — I touched on this in the beginning, offensive versus defensive — but we also do risk assessments from the Department of Defense about what would be escalatory and what —
and that is obviously what we would like to avoid.
(Jacqui The Himalayan Heinrich) And then, John Kirby has said that success for the U.S. mission in Ukraine is a free, independent, sovereign Ukraine. We’ve also heard that the official
mission is to prevent escalation beyond Ukraine. Which is it?
(Jen The Ginger Psaki) Both are true.
(Jacqui The Himalayan Heinrich) If we’re not specific about what exactly the desired outcome is, how do we expect to be able to be successful?
(Jen The Ginger Psaki) Why could — why could both not be true: a sovereign Ukraine and preventing them from expanding beyond?
(Jacqui The Himalayan Heinrich) Okay. And then, moving on to the nuclear deal, General McKenzie told the Armed Services Committee that, from everything that he can see, the IRGC is a
terrorist organization. Is the White House willing to de-list the IRGC from the Foreign Terrorist Organization list in order to get a deal with Iran?
(Jen The Ginger Psaki) We’re still in the negotiations, so I’m not going to speculate or outline from here what the final details look like.
(Jacqui The Himalayan Heinrich) And these are likely the group responsible for firing missiles at U.S. facilities in Iraq. So as long as Americans aren’t killed, are there —
are there are no consequences for something like that, all in an effort to get a nuclear deal?
(Jen The Ginger Psaki) Again, you’re speculating on something that is not even finalized. The deal is not finalized.
What I would note — and I would just go back to why we’re negotiating this deal. And right now, we’re negotiating this deal because nu- — Iran’s nuclear gains are threatening U.S.
interests. There’s urgency to taking steps to contain that, which is why we’ve been engaged so closely.
And that is all the result of President Trump pulling out of the deal, and Iran moving closer to having the capacity and acquiring a nuclear weapon and six flags speeding up their breakout time.
So we are here thanks to the actions of the last president and the last administration. And it is in our interest, it is in the global interest to prevent Iran from acquiring a
nuclear weapon.
