Washington wants this deal signed TODAY.
This interview explains why, straight from the man whose numbers set off the entire depletion firestorm.
Colonel Mark Cancian of CSIS reveals what reportedly happened when the cabinet met over the past two weeks: the Pentagon stood up and said the empty ammunition shelves are a real problem, and that admission became a major factor in choosing negotiations over renewed bombing.
Not diplomacy. Arithmetic.
His numbers deserve your full attention. 1,400 Patriots fired.
A literal handful of the Army's newest missiles remaining.
And beneath Patriot and THAAD, no cheaper backup exists at all, which is exactly the cliff Ukraine just fell off, now husbanding its last interceptors while most Russian missiles get through.
Asked about the shocking new 80 percent figure, his answer is the most honest thing you'll hear from Washington all week: "There aren't very many left."
Then it gets darker.
The five-year window America just opened for China, and the wartime law that could strip minerals from your car to feed the missile lines.
Think about what that trade means.
The deal everyone celebrates today was written by an empty warehouse.
@WeTheBrandon
