No NATO Arms for Russia

2014-09-01

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Now that Russia has overtly invaded Ukraine, even some of the NATO allies who have been staving off meaningful penalties for Vladimir Putin’s aggression seem to agree that more needs to be done. At the moment, the next step seems likely to be in the form of additional economic sanctions, whereby whole Russian industries would be targeted. Putin’s palpable contempt for the West might even prompt this week’s NATO summit finall...

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.

Now that Russia has overtly invaded Ukraine, even some of the NATO allies who have been staving off meaningful penalties for Vladimir Putin’s aggression seem to agree that more needs to be done.

At the moment, the next step seems likely to be in the form of additional economic sanctions, whereby whole Russian industries would be targeted. Putin’s palpable contempt for the West might even prompt this week’s NATO summit finally to green-light weapons transfers that would give the Ukrainian military a fighting chance to defend its homeland.

If NATO really wants to show Putin it is serious, though, the allies need to stop arming the Russian military. But France wants to deliver the first of two amphibious ships ideally suited to future attacks on Russia’s neighbors.

NATO should just say “Non.”

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Learn more at Secure Freedom.org.

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