Time for Lend-Lease and a Ukraine Airlift
David Bernell Russia’s war in Ukraine gets worse by the day, by the hour. If nobody stops him, Vladimir Putin will seek to utterly destroy Ukraine and its people in his effort to take the country. And he will take as long as he needs to get the job done. A stronger response is needed. The United States, NATO, and the EU should not put themselves in a position where they are willing to fight only as far as the last Ukrainian. The part of me that studies and teaches international relations, that appreciates the “Realist” thinking in foreign policy which counsels caution and restraint unless vital national interests are threatened, that calls for the avoidance of morality as a basis for action – that part of me says not to call for rash actions. The part of me that sees the horror of Ukrainian suffering, the depravity of Putin, and the inspiring example of President Zelensky – that part of me says it’s past time to act with greater str...