World War III is Coming: It is Imperative to Stop it Now
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Doing nothing forcefully to counter President Putin’s threats, lies, and purveying of false tales harms democracy and freedom everywhere, not only in beleaguered Ukraine. On Saturday President Putin said that he would extinguish Ukraine as a “state.” A “no-fly zone” established by the West would result, he said, “in devastating consequences.”
President Biden, NATO, and Europe rightly fear unleashing an all-out conflict with an unhinged opponent who has numerous nuclear weapons. But failing to show more muscle only increases the very likelihood of the nuclear conflagration that they and all right-thinking persons seek to avoid.
It is past time for President Biden and the leaders of Europe to speak powerfully. Promising to institute a no-fly zone immediately if Putin does not halt the invasion would throw down the gauntlet, especially since Putin seems obsessed with being macho. The West should also declare that an immediate halt to hostilities is the only way to deter further involvement of the West to defend Ukraine. Preserving Ukrainian lives will save Russian and European lives, and that case must be made to the world at large – and to Russia.
Establishing a no fly zone will widen the war, for sure, but – unless checked – Putin now seems determined to start a third world war anyway after taking Ukraine and installing himself as a modern czar of “greater Russia.” The Baltic Republics, Moldova, and Poland will be within his ambitious sights. This is the West’s defining Churchillian moment.
There are immense dangers in calling Putin’s bluff. But the dangers of doing too little, and not making Putin and the world aware of the near-term consequences of warring against innocent, constituted, nations, are greater. President Biden has repeatedly said that he would not put American boots on the ground, and not put his forces in harm’s way in Ukraine. “Let me say it again: Our forces are not and will not be engaged in the conflict with Russia in Ukraine.” Now is the time to double back and put aircraft in the sky and ready boots for the ground.
Unfortunately, Biden’s understandable hesitations have permitted Putin a free ride. Other than the eventuality of sanctions, from Putin’s perspective President Biden’s refusal to promise intervention has made the invasion of Ukraine a cost free exercise for Putin himself and his armed forces. Whether his Russian people eventually suffer obviously matters only trivially to Putin.
Sanctions will cripple Russia – eventually. But they will not now stop Putin’s personal war against Ukraine and the Free World. Thus, to permit him and his army to roll through and over brave Ukrainian defenders only breeds successively more depredations. World War III will follow. And no wider war can avoid nuclear consequences.
Hitler took Sudetenland and Austria. Then he rolled into the Low Countries and France before the rest of Europe could mount a credible defense. President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved too deliberately to aid Europe until Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor fortunately made it imperative for Roosevelt to commit the United States to fighting Germany and Japan. President Biden is at the same inflection point. Washington should present Putin with stark alternatives now: Either he ceases pounding Ukraine immediately or the United States uses its immense firepower to aid the brave Ukrainians.
Unless Washington thus acts, Putin will conquer and conquer and plunge the globe into a wider conflict. Even the real independence of Finland and Sweden are at risk. And the United States will forfeit its role as the protector of freedom and democracy. Then there will be a combat over Taiwan, with President Xi Jinping of China emboldened by the West’s failures.
There is no time to lose. President Biden must show resolve and act boldly to prevent World War III.
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