The Stakes in Ukraine Have Not Changed
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As we’re fire-hosed by news of Donald Trump’s antics and stories of the GOP’s slide into antidemocratic madness, Americans must remember what’s at stake in an actual military confrontation between freedom and dictatorship in Europe.
But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.
The Long Haul
The war against democracy, many times, is being fought on multiple fronts around the world, and nowhere with more ferocity than in Ukraine. The former National Security Council staffer Alex Vindman is in Ukraine today, and as the conflict there drags on, he said this morning that. But it’s time to remind ourselves what the stakes are in Ukraine for the United States and its allies.
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