Ukrainians say they have no choice but to fight Russia. Yet they did choose courage
Here is the measure of the Ukrainians’ courage: they fight, not because they think they can win, but knowing they will probably lose.
The Ukrainians had told us before the war they would fight. I confess, I had thought their bravado would melt away once the shooting started, that the people who told reporters they would take up arms against the invader would instead stand helplessly as the Russian tanks rolled in, overwhelmed by the speed and force of the assault. It would have been entirely understandable if they had.
Just how far they will be willing to go will be governed by the grotesque etiquette of nuclear brinkmanship. It would seem acceptable, for instance, for other nations to provide aid and weaponry to Ukraine – acceptable, in the sense that Russia would not consider it an act of war, with all the risks that implies – but not to enter the fight themselves. To shoot directly at Russian soldiers, that is, is an invitation to Armageddon, but hand someone the gun to shoot at them and all’s fair.
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