The solution to the Ukraine mess is not sending jets and establishing no-fly zones that guarantee our participation in a devastating worldwide war. The solution is the negotiating table and peace.
We have given Moscow the tools to galvanize its population and further deepen the dividing lines between East and West, significantly exacerbating tensions and increasing the likelihood of war.
Biden’s return to the long-standing aggressive neoliberal/neocon foreign policy promises to keep our focus tuned to a foreign channel while our own signal devolves to static.
Vladimir Putin is certainly worthy of condemnation. But that does not mean Donald Trump was wrong when he observed it would be “a good thing, not a bad thing” if America got on well with Russia.
People of goodwill should be thinking about how to let Russia and Ukraine both save face, end the war, and reach an agreement that accommodates each side’s core interests.