Washington War Party Edges US Ever Closer to Russo-Ukraine War

The war over Ukraine is a tragedy. Russia's attack was unjustified but unsurprising. Although virtually no Washington policymaker or analyst thought Moscow would launch a full-scale invasion, anyone who followed US policy understood why Russian President Vladimir Putin believed that the West ha...

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Published in:Policy File 2022
Main Author: Bandow, Doug
Format: Report
Language:English
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Summary:The war over Ukraine is a tragedy. Russia's attack was unjustified but unsurprising. Although virtually no Washington policymaker or analyst thought Moscow would launch a full-scale invasion, anyone who followed US policy understood why Russian President Vladimir Putin believed that the West had used Kyiv to compromise Russian security. Washington's first and most important priority should be to keep America out of hostilities, despite the Ukrainian government's best efforts to drag the US in. That's no knock on President Volodymyr Zelensky, who understandably wants the war to end like a classic movie Western, with the US cavalry staging a dramatic last minute rescue. However, no American should die for Ukraine.