If we do the right thing - I think they'll like us. More than that, they'll really be one of us.
That includes reconstruction funds - I'd suggest maybe 2/3 EU and 1/3 US money. It doesn't have to be a full-on Marshall Plan, unless it takes another 2 months for the active hostilities to be…
If we do the right thing - I think they'll like us. More than that, they'll really be one of us.
That includes reconstruction funds - I'd suggest maybe 2/3 EU and 1/3 US money. It doesn't have to be a full-on Marshall Plan, unless it takes another 2 months for the active hostilities to be over and Ukrainian cities and infrastructure are absolutely flattened. It also means Ukraine joining the EU within a few years of the end of hostilities, and at least some formal bilateral or multilateral defense agreements like Ukraine/Poland, Ukraine/Turkey.
If we don't - and especially if it's a matter of European platitudes without hard cash, then all bets are off. I'm looking at you, Germany/France/Italy/UK. Ukraine in 2025 could be what Spain was in 1986; and Ukraine in 2050 could be what Spain is today, or even better.
I think it depends on what "all over" means.
If we do the right thing - I think they'll like us. More than that, they'll really be one of us.
That includes reconstruction funds - I'd suggest maybe 2/3 EU and 1/3 US money. It doesn't have to be a full-on Marshall Plan, unless it takes another 2 months for the active hostilities to be over and Ukrainian cities and infrastructure are absolutely flattened. It also means Ukraine joining the EU within a few years of the end of hostilities, and at least some formal bilateral or multilateral defense agreements like Ukraine/Poland, Ukraine/Turkey.
If we don't - and especially if it's a matter of European platitudes without hard cash, then all bets are off. I'm looking at you, Germany/France/Italy/UK. Ukraine in 2025 could be what Spain was in 1986; and Ukraine in 2050 could be what Spain is today, or even better.