Russia continues to pound Ukrainian infrastructure in its attempt to bomb the country back to a pre-civilized condition. It is time NATO put a stop to this intolerable inhumanity on its borders.
It has been clear for nine months since the all-out Russian invasion that the alliance is unwilling to intervene directly, and has actually gone to great trouble not to anger Vladimir Putin any more than is necessary. Early discussion of a NATO-enforced no-fly-zone was swiftly dismissed; it now transpires that the devastatingly effective HIMARS rocket systems that have changed the course of the war were modified by the US to limit their range; and when Ukrainian drones struck Russian airfields hundreds of miles from the border, the US was swift to deny involvement.
