President Biden has correctly pointed out that pre-emptive war, as Russia is threatening against Ukraine, is illegal. However, then-Senator Biden used that very reasoning — the possibility of a future threat —in supporting the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
On the one hand, Russia’s ongoing occupation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, its support of armed insurgents in eastern Ukraine and threats of further military action against that country must be challenged by the international community — though not through war. Unfortunately, the United States is in no position to take any leadership in strategy or action against Russian aggression.
Provocative actions by the United States would more likely solidify support for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s illegitimate actions. Just as NATO members and the Soviet Union during the Cold War agreed that countries like Finland and Austria could develop their own democratic systems as nonaligned nations free from threats of foreign aggression, a similar agreement could potentially defuse the current crisis.
The United States maintains strict sanctions on Cuba and Nicaragua today, as it does Venezuela. For many years, Americans could be jailed simply for spending money in Cuba as tourists and the U.S. refused to even recognize the Cuban government until barely a decade ago.
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