Investor Bill Ackman Says the US Should Consider Sending Troops to Ukraine to Enforce Red Line

Jose Nino |

Mar 3, 2022

Pershing Square Capital Management CEO and founder Bill Ackman wants the United States to establish a red line to stop the use of nuclear weapons.

Ackman posted a Twitter thread directed to President Joe Biden asking if it’s “un-American to sit back and watch this [Russo-Ukrainian conflict] transpire?”

“The defense of Ukraine is a just war. It is not about oil or money. It is about right and wrong, and those are the wars that we should fight. And if we take the long-term view and punish madmen for their actions, we can deter their larger ambitions,” Ackman declared.

The founder of Pershing Square Capital Management believes that the current crisis in Eastern Europe serves as an opportunity to set a “real red line”. The hedge fund manager alluded to the failure of the Obama administration in establishing a red line during the Syrian Civil War, which worried the investor about America’s power on the world stage. Ackman said to Biden “the time is now” to act.

Ackman said in a follow-up to his thread that he’s not calling on American troops to be deployed instantly to Ukraine. But he thinks if nuclear weapons are used in this conflict, the U.S. would have no choice but to enter the conflict.

Overall, people of Ackman’s class can talk about intervening all they want, since they and their children don’t have to worry about being sent to the frontlines of a potential nuclear conflict. However, Middle America, where most of the armed forces tend to recruit from.

The good news is most Americans don’t care about intervening in Ukraine as BLP has previously reported. As always, the American people have strong instincts when it comes to the issue.

.@POTUS is there a point at which we say it is un-American to sit back and watch this transpire? We are fighting an economic war with Russia. We are supplying weapons and intelligence with our allies, and the Ukrainians are putting up an incredible fight. The Russian army has
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) February 28, 2022

shown itself to be weak and lacking morale. Their air force can’t achieve air superiority. Putin is rallying the nuclear saber as he gets more desperate. What if? Do we wait for him to kill millions before we intervene? What precedent are we continuing to set by allowing this to
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) February 28, 2022

play out? None of us wants to put American lives at risk. And yes it is easy for me to say with no children in the military. But our lives are already at risk if Putin gets his way. The @us_navyseals and Americans in uniform I know would want to be
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) February 28, 2022

there to stop this madness. The defense of Ukraine is a just war. It is not about oil or money. It is about right and wrong, and those are the wars that we should fight. And if we take the long-term view and punish madmen for their actions, we can deter their larger ambitions.
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) February 28, 2022

We are fighting an economic war but only selectively shutting down their banking system. We are not using every economic means at our disposal. And I hope Russia stops this onslaught, but I don’t see how Putin saves face. We need to be prepared for what comes next which means we
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) February 28, 2022

need to start thinking about intervening military. Had we set up a show of force at the beginning of the war that we were prepared to execute on, we might have deterred Putin. We let Crimea, Georgia, and more happen, which got us here. Isn’t it time we set a real red line?
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) February 28, 2022

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Investor Bill Ackman Says the US Should Consider Sending Troops to Ukraine to Enforce Red Line

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