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Don't Arm Ukraine
By JOHN J. MEARSHEIMER
Unsurprisingly,
a growing chorus of voices in the United States is calling for arming
Ukraine. A recent report from three leading American think tanks
endorses sending Kiev advanced weaponry, and the White House’s nominee
for secretary of defense, Ashton B. Carter, said last week to the Senate
armed services committee, “I very much incline in that direction.”
They
are wrong. Going down that road would be a huge mistake for the United
States, NATO and Ukraine itself. Sending weapons to Ukraine will not
rescue its army and will instead lead to an escalation in the fighting.
Such a step is especially dangerous because Russia has thousands of nuclear weapons and is seeking to defend a vital strategic interest.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/09/opinion/dont-arm-ukraine.html?_r=0
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