OPINION: Even as Ukrainians of all stripes step up to lead, we have seen an epic failure of leadership worldwide — from presidents and prime ministers and members of congress in the world’s leading democracies — the very people we should expect to lead.
A body lies covered with a sheet after a large explosion from what appears to be a missile strike or aerial bombardment on an apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, March 18, 2022. For the past three weeks, as I’ve watched the West sacrifice Ukraine at the altar of freedom, I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership.
But even as Ukrainians of all stripes step up to lead, we have seen an epic failure of leadership worldwide — from presidents and prime ministers and members of congress in the world’s leading democracies. In other words, from the very people we should expect to lead. How can any politician sleep at night knowing that he or she is standing by and allows this to happen? How can any constituent continue to trust such politicians, for whom children’s lives are meaningless?
U.S. leaders claim that by shirking their responsibility to step in and protect Ukraine, they are avoiding a third world war. But Putin does not play by the rules. In his mind, he is already fighting the United States; Ukraine, which he considers a U.S. puppet, is his current battleground. It is obvious to every Ukrainian that Putin will not stop at Ukraine.
Fukuyama approves of the Biden administration’s decisions not to declare a no-fly zone or transfer Polish MiGs fighter jets to Ukraine. “It is much better to have the Ukrainians defeat the Russians on their own,”. Fukuyama also stated that fighter jets “would not add much to Ukrainian capabilities,” in direct contradiction of statements from Ukraine’s own military leaders.
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