Editorial: U.S.'s righteous response to Russian aggression toward Ukraine (via latimesopinion)
Russia lost an attempt to block a meeting by the U.N. Security Council on its troop buildup near Ukraine’s borders and Western fears of an invasion.Threatened sanctions would have even more of a deterrent effect if the U.S. and its allies also targeted oil and gas sales from Russia to Europe. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has suggested that a Russian invasion might doom the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that would carry natural gas from Russia to Germany.
It’s easy to say that Ukraine is an independent nation that should be free to determine its own destiny, including whether it will establish economic, political and even military relationships with Western nations, and that the U.S. and its allies should do everything possible to support its democratic aspirations. But in framing their response to Putin’s provocations, the U.S. and its allies must reckon with several complicated realities.Even when the U.S.
One is that, although Ukraine conceivably could join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the distant future, it is not part of the alliance now and doesn’t benefit from its mutual defense provisions. The priority for the alliance is to guarantee the security of its existing members. That’s one reason for President Biden’s insistence that he has “no intention of putting American forces or NATO forces in Ukraine.” But it’s not the only one. Biden campaigned on a promise to end “forever wars” in Afghanistan and the Middle East. Americans wouldn’t be likely to support a war that could put U.S. forces in conflict with another nuclear superpower.
Another complication is the historical, ethnic and linguistic ties between Russia and Ukraine. There is resentment in Russia about the way Russian-speaking populations have been treated by the newly independent Baltic states, and pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine evoke similar sympathy. In addition to annexing Crimea in 2014, Russia has supported separatists in eastern Ukraine.
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