Well done. An intelligent and beautifully written article, Carla Seaquist. You pack much into a few minutes read.

Zelensky gave us our uplifting spines but embarrassing that we lacked them. We were soft and not necessarily with humanity.

In this test of preparation, intelligence and strength, we have done only slightly better than Hamlet. With decisiveness and immediate action, America could have prevented tens of thousands of deaths, millions of people displaced, billions in property damage, and a nuclear risk no higher than we currently have.

Biden breathed relief when Ukraine was outside NATO, where better leadership would have declared that it did not matter.

That said, we have to maintain the course we are on.

Many thanks.