Sunday, February 27, 2022

Today's News: Fighting the good fight

Nobody knows if Ukraine will prevail over Russia - its hard to see what "winning" would look like in this context, maybe Russia will not just turn tail and go home, but instead maybe just that Ukraine keeps on fighting. 
But for today, at least, it seems like Ukraine is still hanging in there. As people see how courageous and steadfast the Ukrainians are, more and more countries are demanding their governments take action, sending arms to Ukraine and implementing significant sanctions against Russia. Russia is going to be feeling the pain of the world's condemnation: Even Germany is climbing on board now: Trudeau and Freeland have been key players in persuading Europe to increase sanctions: One of the most effective actions to protect Ukraine would be instituting a no-fly zone to prevent Russian jets from bombing cities. But as Dale Smith notes, this ain't gonna happen -- no other country will risk shooting down a Russian jet and starting world war three between all of Europe and a nuclear-armed Russia. So the Ukrainians must keep on fighting for themselves, and they are doing it:

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

About implementing a no-fly zone over Ukraine, I understand the problems of the US/NATO doing that. But it would be really something if, say, a Middle East country used some of the $3.8 billion in US defense aid it's been receiving for decades to provide air cover for a country that elected a Jewish president.

Cap

Cathie from Canada said...

Interesting idea.
Putin has apparently put his nuclear defense system on alert today - I think he is just flexing against this type of thing.