It is not possible to avoid nuclear war by encouraging and empowering the dictator who is threatening it. It is not possible to avoid nuclear war by encouragin

It is not possible to avoid nuclear war by encouraging and empowering the dictator who is threatening it. It is not possible to avoid nuclear war by encouraging those who would seek nuclear weapons, by letting Russia throw its weight around because it has them. And it is not possible to avoid nuclear war by discouraging those who, like Ukraine, would disarm, by letting Ukraine be overrun. The situation in Ukraine is an operational challenge. We cannot let its resolution undermine strategic goals.