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)
Americans desperately need to feel Ukraine is the 'other', or not part of the West, now that they have treated Ukraine so badly. I expect a lot of evasion and justification coming out of America about Ukraine for the next few years as Putin gradually exterminates the Ukrainian people.
Whatever it means, Vlad thanks her