CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 4, 2025
FOLLOWING LAST FRIDAY’S VERBAL DUSTUP BETWEEN UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THERE WAS A MEETING OF EUROPEAN LEADERS IN LONDON OVER THE WEEKEND. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER SAID BRITAIN IS PREPARED TO LEAD IN THE DEFENSE OF UKRAINE, INCLUDING TROOPS AND PLANES, BUT NEEDS THE “STRONG BACKING OF THE UNITED STATES.” THE PRIME MINISTER DID NOT SAY WHAT HE MEANT BY “STRONG BACKING.”
THE MEETING AND THE STATEMENT FOLLOWED THE PUBLIC ARGUMENT IN THE OVAL OFFICE. WAS IT PROMPTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DESIRE TO END THE WAR AND END THE SUBSIDIZING OF UKRAINE BY THE UNITED STATES? IT APPEARS THAT WAY.
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY MADE A MISTAKE WHEN HE ARGUED ABOUT SECURITY GUARANTEES THAT WOULD ACCOMPANY THE MINING OF HIS COUNTRY’S RARE MINERALS. THAT OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN HASHED-OUT IN PRIVATE, NOT IN PUBLIC VIEW. THE SCENE, WHICH MADE HEADLINES WORLDWIDE, IS A BOON TO RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, WHO WANTS TO REGAIN ALL OF THE FORMER SOVIET TERRITORIES, INCLUDING UKRAINE.
LET’S HOPE EUROPE FOLLOWS THROUGH ON THE PROMISE MADE BY PRIME MINISTER STAMER. UKRAINE SHOULD NOT BE ABADONED, BUT THE STATUS QUO IS UNACCEPTABLE. I’M, CAL THOMAS.
