Perhaps NATO must get up to the fact that the US is now politically dysfunctional, and the GOP shouldn’t be going to inexperienced gentle sufficient assist to Ukraine to carry its protection.
To keep away from a catastrophic defeat for Ukraine and the West/EU/NATO, we have to suppose rapidly and outdoors the field. Requirements now needs to be:
- Prolong a NATO missile protection to Ukraine, as presently being provided to Israel by the West. This may be offered externally to Ukraine from techniques operated by NATO border states. NATO shouldn’t be changing into celebration to a direct battle with Russia as neither the US., UK. or Jordan have by taking pictures down Iranian missiles heading for Israel. NATO simply wants to search out its balls earlier than Putin cuts them off.
- Allocate the total $330 billion in immobilized Russian belongings to Ukraine’s protection. If the West is unable to supply ample funds for Ukraine’s protection let Putin present the funds to permit Ukraine to purchase its personal arms/munitions. If Zelensky had $330 billion to purchase arms, even Trump and the GOP couldn’t say no.
- Undertake a zero tolerance on Russia strategy to sanctions. Massively ramp up secondary sanctions on third nation sanctions busters. Change the default setting on sanctions to zero commerce with Russia being permitted besides the place particular licenses are accredited – we might set the implementation date sufficiently far sooner or later (3-5 years therefore) to restrict the near-term disruption to international markets. However the signaling affect to international markets can be immense – get out of Russia.
And if the West shouldn’t be prepared to do these, then it ought to begin to suppose by what a Russian victory in Ukraine means – and start to plan for that. It means an enormous financial hit to Europe in protection spending (a whole lot of billions extra a yr), tens of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian migrants shifting West, socio-economic, political and safety disaster (wars) in Europe and the collapse of the Euro.
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