NATO WILL FIGHT TO THE LAST UKRAINIAN

 

It is quite normal and understandable for the Ukrainians to wish that the countries forming the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should do more to help them, even if it means running the risk of creating an out-of-control situation, of starting an escalation process that leads to war with a nuclear power. It is understandable, but it is a very chancy and dangerous game.

The hard, cold truth of the matter is that NATO is ready to fight the Russians to the last Ukrainian, but nothing more. Yes, it is ready to continue to cheer the Ukrainians, provide them with material, and gave them huge amounts of money. It may also up the ante, by sending Patriots, for instance, but that will simply force Russia to reciprocate in some way.

The reality of NATO's ineffectiveness has been there since the start of the war, and the Ukrainians have done their utmost to ignore it, while they were fighting for the survival of their sovereign republic. But then, that reality is not going away, and it will eventually have to register, and have an impact on the difficult choices facing Ukraine's government and population.

All the nice words about the importance of solidarity and the need for democracies to stick together won't make the slightest difference in the end. NATO is quite willing to profit from Russia's temporary weakness and expand to the east, as much as possible, as long as there is no resistance, but nothing more.

Will it fight for Ukraine? Of course not. It will shout its indignation over the whole thing, state the high moral principles that determines all its moves, send a lot of military stuff, open its wallet, etc.

What it won't do, is shed its blood.

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