Haven’t we seen this movie before?
The Defense Department is considering sending more military advisers to Ukraine. For many, it will come as a surprise that America already has advisers on the ground in that war-zone. With the US Senate passing a $95 billion foreign aid package yesterday, April 23, it is not just American cash that will be supporting the war effort. In what some believe is a further demonstration of commitment, the Pentagon intends to dispatch military service members to Kyiv. While these troops will be working out of the embassy and providing guidance, they will not be in combat. The incremental insertion, however, is sparking fears that the government is engaging in a 1950s approach all over again.
There is a precedent that the US has a propensity to ease itself into wars. Obviously, the most…
