Excerpt from President Biden's OpEd in tomorrow's NY Times

[Tomconroy]

Standing by Ukraine in its hour of need is not just the right thing to do. It is in our vital national interests to ensure a peaceful and stable Europe and to make it clear that might does not make right. If Russia does not pay a heavy price for its actions, it will send a message to other would-be aggressors that they too can seize territory and subjugate other countries. It will put the survival of other peaceful democracies at risk. And it could mark the end of the rules-based international order and open the door to aggression elsewhere, with catastrophic consequences the world over.

I know many people around the world are concerned about the use of nuclear weapons. We currently see no indication that Russia has intent to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, though Russia’s occasional rhetoric to rattle the nuclear saber is itself dangerous and extremely irresponsible. Let me be clear: Any use of nuclear weapons in this conflict on any scale would be completely unacceptable to us as well as the rest of the world and would entail severe consequences.

Americans will stay the course with the Ukrainian people because we understand that freedom is not free. That’s what we have always done whenever the enemies of freedom seek to bully and oppress innocent people, and it is what we are doing now. Vladimir Putin did not expect this degree of unity or the strength of our response. He was mistaken. If he expects that we will waver or fracture in the months to come, he is equally mistaken.

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That’s why I’ve decided that we will provide the Ukrainians with more advanced rocket systems and munitions that will enable them to more precisely strike key targets on the battlefield in Ukraine.

President Biden: What America Will and Will Not Do in Ukraine https://nyti.ms/3x6iHYC

They're getting the MLRSs.

[orangecrush]

1. GOOD!!!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

2. Great! Add an r

[Tomconroy]

3. Gotcha.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. Makes me realize that this all about walking that fine line

Between trying to assist Ukraine without infuriating Russia enough for them to use nuclear weapons.

[Grasswire2]

4. My thought, when I read it earlier....

was that it sounded very FDR-like. Beautifully written and exemplary AMERICAN in terms of leadership.

Excellent.

And the comments on NYT are very positive.