How the West Gets Ukraine Wrong — and
Helps Putin As a Result
Posted By: Harlowe, 2/12/2022 7:21:29 PM
It was just a casual, throwaway description. Last September, the New York Times reported on a series of daring operations by Ukrainian special forces to evacuate civilians from Afghanistan. U.S. troops had left Kabul, and the Taliban had taken complete control. “Enter Ukraine,” the article read, “a small but battle-hardened nation.”(Snip)... Americans would pass over that word: small.(Snip)This is a big problem. Ukraine is the largest country by territory within the European continent. Its population is roughly the size of Spain’s. Take even a cursory look at any map--Ukraine is anything but small.
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It was just a casual, throwaway description. Last September, the New York Times reported on a series of daring operations by Ukrainian special forces to evacuate civilians from Afghanistan. U.S. troops had left Kabul, and the Taliban had taken complete control. “Enter Ukraine,” the article read, “a small but battle-hardened nation.”(Snip)... Americans would pass over that word: small.(Snip)This is a big problem. Ukraine is the largest country by territory within the European continent. Its population is roughly the size of Spain’s. Take even a cursory look at any map--Ukraine is anything but small.
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Although Politico published this article, it is well worth reading considering the current threat of war between Russia and Ukraine. The author is an Associate Professor of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Cambridge (U.K.) but grew up in Lakewood, Ohio. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine and has a PhD from Columbia University.