The Real Danger for the West in Ukraine

No one should be deceived by the modest bump in the polls that the war in Ukraine has given President Joe Biden. It cannot be justified by a serious examination of the disorganized policy of the United States since the war first impended. The principal U.S. response is sanctions that look much more serious than they are. Oligarchs and cronies of Russian President Vladimir Putin are being sanctioned randomly, too late, ineffectually, and in any case, this is no way to respond seriously to aggressive war by Russia on Ukraine. The oil sanctions are nonsense: They kick in late, apply to a minimal amount of Russian oil exports, and will occasion the Kremlin no inconvenience whatever. As China is ignoring the sanctions, Russia may vacate them at leisure.-- More...