World War Z – by Robert Tracinski – The Tracinski Letter

The fact that Ukraine has become a test of the liberal international order is what makes this into a World War, in spirit if not (yet) in literal fact. Only two countries are fighting directly, but every country has an interest in the outcome.

via tracinskiletter.substack.com

The “liberal international order.” Meanwhile, the Ukrainians just think they’re fighting for their country, their land, their homes, their lives. I don’t think they have a lot of time for the liberal international order. Zelensky speaks of the liberal international order because what else is he going to say? I stand with the nation of Ukraine. I don’t pretend to be objective about it. Objectively, I also want our leaders to avoid starting WW3. I think they can, I hope they can, do this and still support Ukraine as much as necessary so they can live as humans have the right, yes the right, to do. If you have to live under some mafia-chieftain’s heel, that’s hardly any life at all.