By Gil Barndollar and Justin Logan
Amid Russian war crimes and Ukrainian tactical victories, there are increasing calls for the US and the West to outsource their policy on Ukraine to Kyiv.
At a press conference this month, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan suggested this was already US policy. According to Sullivan, "we believe our job is to support the Ukrainians. They'll set the military objectives, the objectives at the bargaining table ... we're not going to define the outcome of this for them. That is up for them to define and us to support them in."
This idea is wrong and potentially dangerous. For the sake of both national interest and basic prudence, no country should delegate its Ukraine policy to Ukraine.
This piece was originally published in Insider on April 28, 2022. Read more HERE.