Commentary
The decisive moment is at hand in Ukraine. While other NATO countries have assisted Ukraine, that country wouldn’t have been able to resist successfully without American military and humanitarian assistance that now exceeds $50 billion. It’s only the United States that could assure Ukraine’s durable ability to resist almost any level of assault by Russia. And it’s only the United States that could outbid China for Russia’s goodwill, and could, however disagreeable it would be, compel Ukraine to accept a compromise peace.
The unique position of the United States hasn’t been reflected in the stated war aims of the administration and its Republican supporters, nor sensibly addressed by the rational opponents of the bipartisan U.S. policy that’s been pursued to date….