'If Ukraine loses ... you would be certainly increasing, if not doubling, your defense budget in the years ahead.'
Share on linkedin Retiring Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Mark Milley on CBS' "60 Minutes." " Photo: CBS News/"60 Minutes."CBS' Norah O'Donnell asked Milley why funding Ukraine was worth the effort "with all of the issues facing Americans at home."
Milley responded: "If Ukraine loses and Putin wins, I think you would be certainly increasing, if not doubling, your defense budget in the years ahead. "And you will increase the probability of a great power war in the next 10 to 15 years. I think it would be a very dangerous situation" if the Russian leader's invading forces were "allowed to win."Share on linkedin
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