Ukraine Support Justified by Realism about U.S. Interests

Skepticism of U.S. support for Ukraine against Russia’s invasion is growing on the far ends of our political spectrum. The loud faction of right-wing politicians, such as representatives Marjorie Taylor Green (R., Ga.) and Matt Gaetz (R., Fla.), tend to get more attention. But there is also a contingent on the left wing of the Democratic Party, including the “Squad,” which voiced skepticism of continued support for Ukraine in a letter, which its members revoked for political expedience.

Members of both groups smear, from the right and from the left, the inventors, engineers, and manufacturers who arm and equip military-service members as the “military-industrial complex,” intimating that America’s international posture is motivated and sustained, not to protect the security, freedom, and prosperity of Americans, but to profit its defense-contractor beneficiaries.

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Rebeccah Heinrichs

Rebeccah Heinrichs is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and the director of Hudson’s Keystone Defense Initiative.

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Skepticism of U.S. support for Ukraine against Russia’s invasion is growing on the far ends of our political spectrum. The loud faction of right-wing politicians, such as representatives Marjorie Taylor Green (R., Ga.) and Matt Gaetz (R., Fla.), tend to get more attention. But there is also a contingent on the left wing of the Democratic Party, including the “Squad,” which voiced skepticism of continued support for Ukraine in a letter, which its members revoked for political expedience.

Members of both groups smear, from the right and from the left, the inventors, engineers, and manufacturers who arm and equip military-service members as the “military-industrial complex,” intimating that America’s international posture is motivated and sustained, not to protect the security, freedom, and prosperity of Americans, but to profit its defense-contractor beneficiaries.