Day 998
Plan not workng
Which brings me to Megan, whoever she is.
It is this uneasy dynamic — a Ukraine close to the West, striving for inclusion in the West, but not truly part of it — that has defined the U.S. management of this disastrous war. We want Ukraine to function as a protectorate, but ultimately, we are unwilling to protect it. A sensible, ugly strategy — tactically defensible but morally reprehensible.
America is not going to save Ukraine. Maybe we need Mr. Trump — brazen and unscrupulous — to finally say so out loud and act accordingly.1.
What does striving for inclusion in the West mean?
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Trump Can Speed Up the Inevitable in Ukraine (The New York Times, November 17, 2024)
