It's Now or Never

The window for realizing aid to Ukraine is closing. It’s hard to see Congress passing aid to Ukraine (or Israel and Taiwan) if it doesn’t happen this month. Failure to support Ukraine will leave the U.S. looking unserious, incapable, and like untrustworthy allies. It will also mean more Ukrainian casualties and an emboldened Russia, Iran, North Korea, and China. Also we will have squandered the best opportunity to defang Russia, destroying its conventional military and bringing security to Europe our most important partner. The Europeans are stepping up approving $50 billion in funding to at least fill some of the yawning gap of the U.S. absence.

It’s important to note that among more traditional foreign policy conservatives, Ukraine has substantial support.  House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Tex.) told Josh Rogin of the Washington Post, “The speaker is going to have a hard decision about what to do… If we abandon our NATO allies and surrender to Putin in Ukra…