Allowing the use of British long-range missiles against Russia would be a mistake of potentially nuclear proportions, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Throughout the past two years, Nato’s efforts to avoid an east-west escalation along Russia’s border have been disciplined and impressive. With Vladimir Putin ruthless, unstable and isolated, cool heads have been vital. The muscular posturing ofin the past week – and of Starmer himself – has been senseless. It has merely fed the scepticism towards Nato of the possible next leader of the US, Donald Trump.Zelenskiy, could only admire his courage and will to win. He is a truly impressive leader.
This is a war of territory, not of terror and destruction, and it is approaching stalemate. Meanwhile, the US public is tiring of the fight. A study by the Pew Research Center showed aNato at the moment is trapped. The economic war on Russia has been a disaster. It has sorely hurt western trade, sending energy and agricultural supply prices soaring. Sanctions have merely validated Putin’s claim that the war is the west against the east.
This is precisely the moment when minor wars escalate into catastrophes. Muscles are flexed. Bombast overrules caution. Victory has the best tunes. Mediators are dismissed as appeasers.was right to support Zelenskiy’s defence of his country’s independence, but it is clearly also right to resist his defensive aggression.in 2022. That Putin agreed to those talks showed he knew his invasion was a mistake. Now an armistice line must be drawn and policed.
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