US Policy: Cheer Ukrainians On – and Keep Us Out!
Pat Buchanan
Posted: Mar 08, 2022 12:01 AM
After Friday's NATO summit refused to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said the allies' failure to "close the skies" to Russian military aircraft gives "a green light for further bombing of Ukrainian cities."
"All the people who will die starting from this day will ... die because of you," said Zelensky to NATO, "because of your weakness."
Zelensky's indictment of NATO for cowardice came after NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ruled out a no-fly zone:
"NATO is not party to the conflict. NATO is a defensive alliance. ... We don't seek war, conflict with Russia. ... We should not have NATO planes operating over Ukrainian airspace or NATO troops on Ukrainian territory."Secretary of State Antony Blinken echoed Stoltenberg:
"Ours is a defensive alliance. We seek no conflict. ... President Biden has been clear that we are not going to get into a war with Russia."Sunday, Blinken expanded:
President Joe Biden has "a responsibility to not get us into a direct conflict, a direct war with Russia, a nuclear power, and risk a war that expands even beyond Ukraine to Europe. ... What we're trying to do is end this war in Ukraine, not start a larger one."U.S. policy in summary: Ukrainians should keep fighting and dying, killing Russians, while we stay out -- and cheer them on.
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