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It's pretty cheap to call musk a pro russian.

He is the one private person that helped ukraines war effort the most by providing them starlink in the first place.

Is it so hard to understand that there are reasons for him to not allow the usage for deep strikes, besides him beeing on putins payroll?

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Should a private individual be able to limit a sovereign nation's battle plan to defend itself from an invasion? Specifically, in the US, should a private individual or a public company be able to compete with the federal government over foreign affairs policy? (Presuming that allied war support, materiel, and rules of engagement qualify as elements of foreign affairs.) Are Elon's choices a mercantile challenge to democratic decision making that dilutes the sovereign powers of the US?

The US itself doesn't even allow ukraine to use their weapons for deep strikes.

The US intentionally did not deliver the long range version of ATACAMS.

I also think its questionable that a business person can influence a war. But you know, it was actually in favor of ukraine.

Only to the extent it's okay to send any equipment at all

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