Bret Stephens: On Ukraine, Biden outshines Macron, Scholz and DeSantis

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With the leaders of France and Germany calling for Ukraine to give up territory to end Russia's invasion, President Joe Biden stands tall in backing the Ukrainians, writes New York Times columnist Bret Stephens.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks reaffirming American support for Ukraine in Warsaw, Poland, on Feb. 21, 2023.To President Emmanuel Macron of France, a suggestion:

That’s why, as the war in Ukraine enters its second year, I feel grateful for Joe Biden. Fault him all you want on many issues, particularly his gradualist approach to arming Ukraine, but on the most consequential question of our time he has the big thing right. “Appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased,” he said last week in Warsaw, Poland. “They must be opposed.”

Foresight, because a negotiated settlement would create more problems than it would solve. Iran would see that nuclear blackmail works. China would draw the lesson that, if there are limits to what the United States and our allies are prepared to do for Ukraine , there will be much sharper limits to what we are prepared to do for Taiwan.

Calls for negotiation also undermine public support for Ukraine in the United States. When it comes to foreign policy, Americans will sooner pay heavily for great causes and high principles than they will for smaller causes and realpolitik. To arm and finance Ukraine in its fight for freedom and independence against an evil tyrant is a great cause. To arm and finance it for the sake of a shaky cease-fire is a small one.

 

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