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America First should not put Russia second
Published by the George W. Bush Presidential Center
For the good of both countries and for the cause of freedom, it is vital that the United States and Ukraine get back on track.
To the dismay of those who support freedom, the world is turning toward the appeasement of dictators.
It was painful to watch last week’s meeting in the Oval Office, a room President George W. Bush has often called a “shrine to freedom.” President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance attacked Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the democratically-elected Ukrainian president who is leading the fight against a dictatorial aggressor.
To insinuate that Ukraine is somehow the perpetrator of the aggression, the saber-rattling toward World War III, and the impediment to peace is delusional. Nobody wants the war to end more than Ukrainians, who, after all, are the ones suffering and dying from Vladimir Putin’s war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The bombardment by Russia is constant. Peace will only come the day Russia ceases fighting. In the meantime, Ukrainians are justified in defending their sovereign territory.
Any peace deal should be a lasting one, not simply a Neville Chamberlain-esque exercise in the temporary appeasement of an aggressor. Ukrainians and Zelenskyy need assurances that they are never attacked again. They ask for security guarantees to deter Putin from launching further aggression, given his failure to keep his prior promises.
https://www.bushcenter.org/publications/america-first-should-not-put-russia-second
To the dismay of those who support freedom, the world is turning toward the appeasement of dictators.
It was painful to watch last week’s meeting in the Oval Office, a room President George W. Bush has often called a “shrine to freedom.” President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance attacked Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the democratically-elected Ukrainian president who is leading the fight against a dictatorial aggressor.
To insinuate that Ukraine is somehow the perpetrator of the aggression, the saber-rattling toward World War III, and the impediment to peace is delusional. Nobody wants the war to end more than Ukrainians, who, after all, are the ones suffering and dying from Vladimir Putin’s war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The bombardment by Russia is constant. Peace will only come the day Russia ceases fighting. In the meantime, Ukrainians are justified in defending their sovereign territory.
Any peace deal should be a lasting one, not simply a Neville Chamberlain-esque exercise in the temporary appeasement of an aggressor. Ukrainians and Zelenskyy need assurances that they are never attacked again. They ask for security guarantees to deter Putin from launching further aggression, given his failure to keep his prior promises.
https://www.bushcenter.org/publications/america-first-should-not-put-russia-second