Caveats make new decade-long agreement with Ukraine a sign of good intentions.
President Joe Biden signed a ten-year defense pact with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, an agreement intended to show America’s enduring commitment to the beleaguered country. Both leaders extolled the virtues of the agreement as a statement of intentions to ensure that Ukraine can stand up to the current unprovoked Russian invasion and any future incursion on Ukraine’s sovereignty.
Early indications that the agreement was in the works prompted speculation that the pact was more to prevent a future US president – namely, Donald Trump – from reducing or eliminating financial and military support to Ukraine than anything else. The agreement appears to validate the Biden administration’s intention to parse out military and financial…
