The Russians and the Chinese are working together to use Ukraine as a proxy to test the resolve of the United States. There is simply no viable scenario where extricating ourselves from the Ukraine invasion elevates the United States standing around the world. On the contrary, every single time the United States has taken a step back from global involvement, the world descends into war. However, for Democrats to claim that anything other than a blank check to Ukraine means we are actively supporting the Russians is simply ludicrous. Where has the nuance gone in conversations about complex foreign policy issues? Here’s what I propose.
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We are forgetting the lessons of Vietnam and Afghanistan. The United States should not enter a war unless there is a commitment to do everything necessary to win it. Are we doing that in Ukraine? No ... we are not. Do we want to do that? Do we want to use the full force of the US military to defeat Russia? Are we ready to pay the price for that? Are we really ready for nuclear war so that Ukraine regains Crimea?
We need to negotiate a way out of the briar patch, not get more and more entangled.
Also, after we finally decide to provide F-16’s, you can bet that Zelenskyy will be asking for American soldiers ... and how will we say no after getting in so deep?
If we were writing blank checks, we'd be sending F-16's to Ukraine. If we were writing blank checks, we'd be sending long-range artillery there. We're not. So, that's just BS. Now, we may at some point. An argument can be made that we'll eventually have to, to ensure Russia's defeat. We'll see.
However, this rant is more about placating your Christian Nationalist listeners than making a cogent foreign policy argument.