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President Biden and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visit Saint Michael\u2019s cathedral, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 20, 2023.<\/span> (REUTERS\/Gleb Garanich)<\/span><\/p>\n The intel paints a much darker picture of Ukraine\u2019s ability<\/a> to fight off the Russians. This directly contradicts the president\u2019s reassurances that the war is going well. <\/p>\n Which brings to mind the phrase “credibility gap,” popularized during the Vietnam War. With LBJ, Robert McNamara and Gen. William Westmoreland reassuring the press and public that the war was going well, it was all the more shocking to learn that the jungle war was a disaster. Their light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel rhetoric was a pack of lies, as was clear not just from the Pentagon papers but from the desperate U.S. evacuation from Saigon in 1975.<\/p>\n The leaked intel documents reveal, as the Washington Post put it<\/a>, “Ukraine\u2019s challenges in massing troops, ammunition and equipment could cause its military to fall \u2018well short\u2019 of Kyiv\u2019s original goals for an anticipated counteroffensive aimed at retaking Russian-occupied areas this spring.” This shines a light on “Washington\u2019s misgivings about the state of the war.”<\/p>\n Even more worrisome, Volodymyr Zelensky could soon<\/a> run out of ammunition for their anti-missile systems, which date to the Soviet era. How is this possible, with all the weaponry the U.S. and NATO countries have provided? Or is it just too hard to keep up with the Russian military machine?<\/p>\n Ukraine wants to cut off the Kremlin\u2019s access to Crimea, which was illegally annexed in 2014, but its deficiencies in training and weapons “probably will strain progress and exacerbate casualties during the offensive.”<\/p>\n LEAKED PENTAGON DOCUMENTS PAINT GRIM PICTURE OF UKRAINIAN AIR DEFENSE SUPPLIES, MAY ONLY LAST A MONTH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Fortunately, the leaked intel also says that Russia suffers from bad morale and poorly equipped soldiers.<\/p>\n What\u2019s grabbing headlines now is the revelation that the U.S. spied on Ukraine, South Korea and Israel, as well as adversaries. This should come as a shock to no one, as word has dribbled out over the years that even friendly countries spy on each other<\/a>. A source close to Zelenskyy told CNN that Ukraine has changed some of its military plans because of the documents becoming public. \u00a0<\/p>\n As for the origins of the leak, the New York Times reports<\/a> “a surprisingly large number of people potentially had access to the Pentagon intelligence documents.” We\u2019re talking about hundreds of people. That sounds like an abject failure, since these are among the nation\u2019s most sensitive military secrets.<\/p>\n Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 10, 2022.<\/span> (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n “We don\u2019t know who is behind this, we don\u2019t know what the motive is,” national security spokesman<\/a> John Kirby told reporters.<\/p>\n Kirby also said the leaked material “has no business, if you don\u2019t mind me saying, on the front pages of newspapers, or on television. It is not intended for public consumption, and it should not be out there.”<\/p>\n That horse is already out of the barn, with major news outlets carrying a series of stories about the documents. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 21, 2022.<\/span> (AP\/Carolyn Kaster)<\/span><\/p>\n They first popped up last month on the social media site Discord, and went unnoticed for awhile. Discord says it is cooperating with a DOJ leak investigation.<\/p>\n In the old days \u2013 a few short years ago \u2013 leakers would give secret material to one or more news organizations. Those outlets would have to weigh whether some of the material would jeopardize American soldiers or operatives<\/a>, and often there would be conversations with the White House.<\/p>\n
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