A growing number of Republicans now think the U.S. should abandon Ukraine and — by extension — give Russian dictator Vladimir Putin a great and historic victory.
A CNN/SSRS poll released earlier this month quantified the trend: 71% of GOP voters don’t want Congress to authorize further funding for Ukraine. Fifty-nine percent think the U.S. has done enough to help Ukrainians defend their independence, their homeland and their families.
Mr. Putin has said that the collapse of his native Soviet Union was “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the [20th] century.” Which suggests he’d like to resurrect it in some form. The two men are cooperating to expand the Kremlin’s supply of drones and other weapons useful for killing Ukrainian men, women and children. Simultaneously, Tehran is seeking to purchase Su-35 fighter jets, helicopters and other military equipment from Russia.
Less than a year later, he invaded Ukraine. He expected a skirmish akin to his invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014 and his invasion and seizure of two slices of Georgia in 2008 — violations of international law that brought no serious consequences. Mr. Putin restored Russian clout to the Middle East by helping, along with Tehran, to prop up Bashar Assad, Syria’s mass-murdering dictator. Former President Barack Obama made that easy for him.
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