Timothy Birdnow

In response to Zelensky's refusal to lay off of diesel refineries and his "up yours" to the President, America's Department of War has cut off access to Star Shield, a military version of Starlink.

Ukraine was using Starshield to run it's attack drones. No Starshield and command and control becomes, uh, tricky.

Take THAT you arrogant snot Volodomor!

There is more at Hot Air about this. It hurts not just drone attacks but interceptors too. It was a major blow to Ukraine's ability to fight the war.

But Zelensky had it coming; he was asked nicely, then warned. America is not obligated to help, and especially not if our help is unappreciated. There are strings to our technology; if you want our aid you have to give a little in return. All Trump asked was not to target diesel refineries and Zelensky refused to do even that.

What he is doing is burnishing his street cred with the Europeans in the hopes they will come into the war on his side. He knows Trump will never do that but he thinks he can get Europe to send in troops - something he desperately needs - as well as supply weapons. He figures he has wrung about all he can out of America as long as Trump is there and so he hopes to get a new Congress that will give him more and at the same time show how tough he is, how he "stood up to Trump just like he stood up to Putin". It's a fine strategy except Mr. Trump holds all the cards.

If Zelensky wants our help he needs to be polite to us. You don't demand and you don't tell us to butt out. If you don't want us involved then we will not be involved - at all. No more money, no more weapons, no more Starlink, nothing. You can fight on your own.

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