President Biden's current approach to resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict is unacceptable, noahcrothman writes.
) suggested Moscow intends to drive to the Dnieper River, encircle the Ukrainian capital, decapitate the Western-oriented government and all but end Ukraine’s 30-year experiment with independence.
A precedent that provides legitimacy to the nation aggressive enough to just take what it wants would result in many more land grabs. Those concessions, including Western support for an “autonomous” Donbas loyal to Moscow, would set a terrible precedent. Carving up Ukraine would fail to satisfy the ambitions of the insatiably revanchist regime in the Kremlin, and it would set the stage for more demands along the same lines.
A precedent that provides legitimacy to the nation aggressive enough to just take what it wants would result in many more land grabs, with all the accompanying potential for escalating conflicts and regional instability.
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