Rep. Jeff Jackson updates constituents on next phase expectations in Ukraine. Good read.

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4. I'll keep an eye out for more from Jeff Jackson. Thanks for recommending him.

I see he served in Kandahar. Makes sense.

I do think he's spot on on the most controversial point, which is the matter of whether to supply F-16s at this juncture, where Jackson is on the same page as Joe Biden and the Pentagon in concluding that funds can be far better spent supplying more critical weapons instead of jet fighters.

Helping Ukraine is a top priority for this Democrat. Hugely important. But as with pushing the ill conceived idea of imposing a "no-fly zone" enforced by NATO pilots early in the war, I think Zelenskyy is wrong to be pushing for F-16s now.

Air defenses, HIMARS, artillery, tanks and APCs, and other such gear is more critical to Ukraine that building an airforce when--as Jackson rightly suggests--the Russians are afraid to fly in combat now.

He didn't mention, but I'm sure he's aware, thet the one really outstanding weapons system the Russians do have is the S-300 (and S-400) anti-aircraft systems, which would make expensive F-16s vulnerable.