In a tense game of chicken, remarkable for its mix of petulance and audacity, congressional Republicans are threatening to halt U.S. aid to Ukraine—guaranteeing a Russian breakthrough and possible victory in that war—unless Democrats help pass a bill that all but locks down America’s Southern border.

If the impasse isn’t resolved by the end of next week, when Congress goes on recess until the new year, the Ukrainian army could run out of ammunition. President Joe Biden could resupply the arsenal from U.S. stockpiles without legislative approval, but the move would be temporary, and the signal sent—that Ukraine, and by implication other allies, can no longer count on U.S. support in a pinch—could be a holiday cork-popper for Russian President Vladimir Putin and all of our other adversaries.

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    My international friends, America is struggling. Fascism is at our door step. I love you very much but we were never very good at the role of ‘world cop’, which we made up, anyway. Superman is a God. Batman is the joker.

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      We have the means. We only lack the will, because the fascists in our government want to emulate Putin. Becoming isolationist won’t solve our problems. Punching our own Nazis before the rest of the world has to do it for us is the only way.

      If we go the way of Nazi Germany, we’ll deserve the same treatment we have to them.

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        I’m only arguing America is not on the hook for any funding they didn’t get. Not that it’s right or good. When we look in the mirror though we have to see that person and tell them, we need help.

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          America is not on the hook

          But we are on the hook because we will absolutely have to deal with the consequences in the future. Not stopping Russia here, in Ukraine, will reverberate for decades.