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Originally Posted by Pierre
In the eyes of many in the US, Ukraine is not a strategic partner of the US, they’re not in NATO and they couldn’t really care if Putin governs it or not, they just don’t see why they should be financing the Ukrainian defence.
They’ve got a point.
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They don’t have a point, they have a fundamental misreading of the strategic situation in Eastern Europe.
Putin has a messianic belief that it’s destiny to restore the Russian sphere of influence beyond its borders. If he wins in Ukraine - especially now, after months of explicit Nato opposition - he will be emboldened. If there is any perceived wobble in support from the USA that puts NATO’s entire eastern frontier at risk, and it puts the sovereign nation states bordering Russia to its south and southwest in mortal peril.
If Republicans want a stable, rules based world in which their economy can flourish and people can buy American goods and services, they had better take their heads from up their asses and ensure they continue to back Ukraine.