Two War Eagles, Paula Dobriansky and Richard Levine, emphatically argue in today’s Wall Street Journal the reasons NATO (and therefore the U.S.) must wage an active direct proxy war against Russia:
We cannot pretend a negotiated peace is possible in Ukraine. Ukraine must be victorious. Ukraine can only “challenge” Russia for control of the industrial Donbas region and the ports on the Azov Sea with heavy and light armor and artillery, first Soviet era weapons then our most modern weapons systems. Control of the skies with Mig aircraft that Ukrainian pilots can fly is crucial, so NATO must find a way to “smuggle” these aircraft into Ukraine. Likewise American Patriot missiles and French/Italian SAM/T missile systems must be brought in. The Russian navy cannot be allowed to use the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to assault Ukraine nor land troops or supplies there. Our two military hospital ships should be immediately sent to Romania to provide care for civilian and military casualt…
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