In no sense now can Vladimir Putin be allowed to win in Ukraine. Individuals shouldn’t need to be shot at the back of the pinnacle with their fingers tied behind them to make that clear, however such is historical past’s file of humanity slow-walking counterattacks in opposition to mass slaughter.
Mr. Putin was going to defeat Ukraine rapidly. Now he isn’t. However he can nonetheless win if the West’s commitments to Ukraine, nevertheless spectacular, produce a frozen battle, as Joint Chiefs of Employees Gen. Mark Milley predicted to Congress Tuesday when he mentioned the battle may final “years for certain.” Time like that’s Mr. Putin’s pal as a result of he has Stalin’s abdomen for demise, and finally we gained’t.
