U.S. Military Aid to Ukraine: Cutting Off Would Be Self-Defeating Blunder

It’s possible that Congress can’t find a way, despite the support of bipartisan majorities, to continue funding Ukraine in its fight against Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

This would have to rank, not necessarily as the worst, but perhaps the stupidest, most senseless abandonment of a U.S. ally ever. We’ve pulled out the rug from allied countries desperately fighting to save themselves from communist gulags and killing fields (Indochina), thrown away hard-won military gains (Iraq), and deserted vulnerable translators and other allies on the ground (Afghanistan), but these betrayals came after long, costly conflicts.

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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It’s possible that Congress can’t find a way, despite the support of bipartisan majorities, to continue funding Ukraine in its fight against Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

This would have to rank, not necessarily as the worst, but perhaps the stupidest, most senseless abandonment of a U.S. ally ever. We’ve pulled out the rug from allied countries desperately fighting to save themselves from communist gulags and killing fields (Indochina), thrown away hard-won military gains (Iraq), and deserted vulnerable translators and other allies on the ground (Afghanistan), but these betrayals came after long, costly conflicts.