![]() ![]() But emotions should never dictate policy. Every measure of our outrage is natural, as are the calls for action. Read our ongoing coverage of the Russian invasion in UkraineĪnd yet, I still counsel caution and restraint, a position I know many Americans find impossible to understand. Social media is aflame with calls to send in American troops against the invading Russians. In recent days, I’ve heard various proposals for Western intervention, including support for a no-fly zone over Ukraine from former NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Philip Breedlove and the Russian dissident Garry Kasparov, among others. I want all the might of the civilized world-a world of which Putin is no longer a part-to obliterate the invading forces and save the people of Ukraine. I have taught military and national-security affairs for more than a quarter century, and I know what will happen when a 40-mile column of men and weapons encircles a city of outgunned defenders. In my rage, I want someone somewhere to do something. The images and sounds from these first few days are a mere prologue to what will come once Putin realizes that he is on track to lose this war, even if he somehow “wins” by flattening entire cities. His unprovoked war of aggression is rapidly escalating into war crimes. ![]() In his desperation, he is resorting to the classic Russian military playbook of indiscriminate and massive violence. Russian President Vladimir Putin, after a catastrophic strategic miscalculation, is now embroiled in perhaps the greatest military blunder in modern European history. Night after night I find myself staring at the television, almost paralyzed with anger and grief. I looked over at my wife, sitting a few feet away from me, and saw the tears welling in her eyes. A few days ago, I was watching footage of Ukrainian mothers, panicked and crying, trying to evacuate their children from a beautiful city that a paranoid dictator has now turned into a war zone. ![]()
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