Biden and Scholz need to answer one question: Why shouldn't Ukraine be permitted to use weapons supplied by NATO countries to attack targets in Russia?
Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) in International Law, Harvard University
Sometimes the biggest questions in war are questions no one dares to ask. These unanswered questions and the policies they call into question acquire such subconscious force that they disappear from the consciousness of military and national security decisionmakers.
Perhaps someone in high authority, like President Joe Biden, has made it clear that the corresponding policies are not to be questioned. Adolf Hitler’s military decision to go into the Balkans and thereby delay the German invasion of Russia until dangerously late in the year were not subject to question. Which is one reason Winston Churchill said Corporal Schickengruber (a derogative reference to Hitler using his grandfather’s last name) was one of the most powerful weapons the Allies had at their disposal.
At a certain point in the Afghanistan withdrawal decision process, it presumably became clear Biden’s decision was not to be questioned.
A simple question appears relevant to the war in Ukraine.
Do independent military experts believe Ukraine can win its war of self-defense against Russian aggression without striking targets in Russia and the Kerch Strait Bridge?
We have recently addressed the relevant issues in three columns in the Trenchant Observations newsletter:
See,
1)”The crazy chessboard Biden has set up forcing Ukraine to fight with one hand tied behind its back,” Trenchant Observations, October 1, 2023.
2) “Biden and Scholz modulate military aid with Ukrainian lives,” Trenchant Observations, September 19, 2023.
3’”Why won't Biden and NATO countries let Ukraine attack targets in Russia?” Trenchant Observations, August 12, 2023.
Some questions bear repeating.
Until they are answered. By the President.
How do independent military experts expect Ukraine to win its war of self-defense against Russian aggression without fully exercising its right of self-defense under international law and Article 51 of the U.N. Charter?
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