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Serge Labbé: Don’t forget Ukraine — victim of the West’s weakness and indecision
It’s time to give Ukraine the full spectrum of support to change the narrative of an unwinnable war
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Having failed to resolve the Ukrainian-Russian stand-off in the first 24 hours of his second presidency as promised, Donald Trump has not only thrown the world economic system into tariff turmoil, but also plunged the planet into a Middle East quagmire from which he will fail to successfully extract himself, the American people and what allies he still has.
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Through this strategic miscalculation, Trump has precipitated damage to Gulf infrastructure which will take years to remedy, and with little impact on a régime strictly controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Further, in attempting to maintain at least some flow of oil, he is actually financing Russia’s atrocities in Ukraine by temporarily lifting its sanctions on Russian oil, generating some $150 million USD per day for the Kremlin. He has done what he does best — draw temporary attention away from his failings through yet another misguided venture.
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As a result, five years into the Russian war on Ukraine, the West has, up until this point, largely allowed the beleaguered nation to continue to go it alone.
Vladimir Putin has been preying on the West’s weakness, indecision and desire to compromise. Factored in, has been European dependence on Russian oil and natural gas, and the........