> This would put the United States in the near-impossible position of having to choose between further escalation and compromising on the very principles that d

> This would put the United States in the near-impossible position of having to choose between further escalation and compromising on the very principles that drove it toward the war in the first place—the right of a nation like Ukraine to be free and independent of subjugation to foreign rule. Is this guy for real? Since when does the US hold a strong principle for the right of a foreign nation to be free and independent of subjugation to foreign rule? It's actively supporting perhaps the worst ongoing subjugation over several decades. Half decent writeup, but tarnished by the overt deification of the US.