A Ukrainian self-propelled artillery gun is seen near Slaviansk September 3, 2014. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Why Arming Ukraine Would Only Make Matters Worse -- Simon Shuster, Time
Supplied with Western weaponry, Ukraine's leaders would be tempted to walk away from peace talks win Russia and try their chances in a war they can't win
The arguments for sending weapons to Ukraine have felt convincing in part because their premises are true. Ukraine’s military has fallen back. The separatist rebels have advanced. The Russian military’s role in the conflict has become so overt that calling it anything other than an invasion has come to look like willful ignorance. The West and its leaders do look weak and feckless, as their sanctions against Russia have failed to make President Vladimir Putin back down. So there is an understandable urge in the West to grasp at something bolder, more proactive. Why not send the Ukrainians enough weapons to level the battlefield?
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My Comment: There is enough foreign involvement in Ukraine's civil war .... I fail to see how arming the Ukraine army with even more sophisticated weapons is going to stop the rebel movement in eastern Ukraine. If anything .... more sophisticated and deadlier weapons will only result in higher casualties and greater destruction .... and even greater involvement by Russia.
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