Europeans fear a distracted U.S. will lose interest in pushing Putin toward peace — as America depletes stocks of the missiles that Ukraine desperately needs.
Europeans struggling to cope with Donald Trump’s inflammatory interventions may be about to discover there’s one thing worse: Ceasing to be the object of his attention.
As Trump’s ongoing operation against Iran takes priority with Pentagon planners and the White House, European officials fear he will lose interest in ending “Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine, now into its fifth year.
The practical impact if the U.S. becomes embroiled in a drawn-out conflict in the Middle East could be even more severe than the political effect: Ukraine may be starved of the American-made weapons it needs to resist daily Russian missile attacks — because U.S. forces are using so many of them against Iran.
Trump has been unreliable in his dealings with Ukraine and Putin. I think we’re better off without his direct involvement. And Iran is an ally of Putin; this will stop the flow of weapons from Iran to Russia. It further isolates Putin.
What Europe finally needs to do is to stop relying on the US and take charge of the situation on their own doorstep. Liberate Ukraine.