What red line could Putin cross that would result in a forceful response from NATO or the United States?
But how strange it must seem to Ukrainians that the strongest armed forces in the world, the U.S. and NATO, won’t stop Putin’s butchering because it might escalate the conflict. But they would intervene, if Ukraine was part of NATO. Membership in NATO carries many benefits. But so does being a member of the human race.
HALIFAX—There is something hollow and terrible about the leader of the Western World calling Vladimir Putin a war criminal, and then watching from the sidelines day after day, as the Russian president barbarizes millions of people with his rockets, bombs, and tanks.
