Frank's Musings

On the comment by Ross Douthat in the 2/17/2024 NYT, we should ask hese questions:  Would the defense of Ukraine be such a cause for America's and NATO's strategic security if it weren't for the compelling image of Volodymyr Zelensky? Or is Zelensky so compelling an image mainly because of the importance of a free Ukraine to America's and NATO's strategic interests? It was always dangerous that as driven and effective a chief executive as Putin would assume leadership of as powerful a country as Russia. How existential a threat Putin's aggression is must be determined by the EU, and the U.S. has to follow its lead in fulfillment of our NATO commitment. There can be no equivocation on that. It goes both ways.