Ukraine War a ‘Fight for Freedom’ US Can’t Afford to Lose: Haley in Iowa

Former South Carolina Governor and 2024 presidential hopeful Nikki Haley sounded hawkish on Ukraine outside Des Moines, Iowa, in a speech kicking off her tour through the first state on Republicans’ primary and caucus calendar.
“This is a war about freedom, and it’s a war we have to win,” she said of the Ukraine conflict, arguing that former President Obama allowed Russia to seize Crimea while in office.
The Indian-American, whose full name is Nimrata Nikki Haley, said India had not won the West’s support against Russia because “they don’t trust we have the spirit to finish.”
“India has to know that we’re going to be there. And that’s why we have to finish this. This doesn’t mean we ever should put troops on the ground, and it doesn’t mean we should ever write blank checks. I am never for giving money; I am for giving military equipment [and] ammunition so that they can do the job themselves,” she continued….}

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