![]() ![]() The sanctions have all sorts of potential downsides: driving Russia into China's arms, alienating pro-Western Russians, perhaps dethroning the U.S. ![]() Sure, that should have happened thirty years ago but again, better late than never.Īnother reader agreed that, yes, we have no business getting involved militarily in a European war but given Russia's invasion of a neighboring nation in violation of all international norms, surely I won't quibble with the sanctions we've imposed?Īctually I will. The Germans are pumping extra money into their defense budget - $110 billion extra, according to this week's issue of The Economist. I'll agree this isn't an optimal time to do it but better late than never.Īnd in fact, as many commentators have said, the Russia-Ukraine blowup has concentrated European minds on common defense. ![]() We have to cope with the situation we have, including those parts of it generated by our own past blunders.ĭo we? My understanding is that our president could remove us from NATO with a stroke of the pen. Reader response: Yes, maybe we should have, but we didn't. We should have dropped out of NATO when the Warsaw Pact disbanded. I'd written that Europe, with three times Russia's population and ten times its wealth, should be able to take care of itself with some kind of common security force. Now for those responses to Diary readers asking about my isolationism. I think that's a fair summary although as always in exercises of this sort one is tempted to add:
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