Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling: A case for doing more for Ukraine
Ukrainian servicemen stand on tanks on their position near Donetsk on Oct. 13, 2014.
During the latter part of my military career, I saw Ukraine's Army on exercises, in Balkan Peacekeeping Operations, and in combat. Early assessment: they had tough soldiers, and extremely bad senior officers. In the Balkans, they siphoned gas and sold it on the black market. In Iraq during the Sadr uprising of 2004, they never left their bases, and they sold ammunition to the insurgents.
