Waiting for the Last Days of Putin – WSJ

Of course, there is no chance of such a thing happening. Mr. Putin would be greatly overestimating his own salience to Western leaders and publics, and also their interest in Ukraine. Recall the mess the place has already been for the Biden family. By embracing Ukraine, NATO would essentially be joining an in-progress war, hostaging itself to any Ukrainian politician who came along with a platform of reconquering the lost lands. Not in 1,000 years would NATO willingly put itself in this position.

The U.S. does have a powerful interest in drawing a line on Putin adventurism his predilection for exporting his domestic insecurities before it reaches countries the U.S. is treaty-bound to defend militarily, including the former Soviet possessions of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

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Holman Jenkins speaks the truth, as usual.