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Obama weighs sending lethal assistance to Ukraine
I seriously hope that we do not go down this road. If we start providing the Ukrainians with weapons we will be in a proxy war with Russia in no time and we will be right back to where we were a few decades ago. Ukraine isn't worth it.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is reconsidering his opposition to giving Ukraine defensive weapons and other lethal aid to help its struggling military repel Russian-backed rebels, a possible escalation that has had strong support from many in his national security team.
The shift suggests the White House is growing increasingly concerned that its reliance on punishing Russia with economic sanctions isn't doing enough to change President Vladimir Putin's thinking about backing fighters in ethnic-Russian eastern Ukraine.
I seriously hope that we do not go down this road. If we start providing the Ukrainians with weapons we will be in a proxy war with Russia in no time and we will be right back to where we were a few decades ago. Ukraine isn't worth it.