Whether supporting billions for Ukraine or wanting to pull the plug on funding Kyiv’s war against the Russian unprovoked invasion, all of the GOP debate participants got it wrong in some fashion. Of the eight candidates, former Vice President Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, Governor Ron DeSantis, and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley voiced a view on the subject. The others indicated they would support more funding for Ukraine but didn’t contribute to the conversation.
Those who strongly believe in providing more US tax dollars and go along with Biden’s “as long as it takes” are wrong because that approach prolongs an activity and is not a strategy. Those favoring pulling all funding and casting Ukraine adrift to fall into Moscow’s vicious clutches are wrong because, at this point, it puts NATO and US geopolitical equities in jeopardy. It’s simply another Afghanistan…