We Owe Russia Some Hurt

For all those bizarrely trying to blame Putin's aggression against Ukraine on the West's failure to befriend him, let's remember that the Russians helped Saddam's odious regime resist our invasion.

We owe the Russians some payback (via my old post):

Two Iraqi documents from March 2003 -- on the eve of the U.S.-led invasion -- and addressed to the secretary of Saddam Hussein, describe details of a U.S. plan for war. According to the documents, the plan was disclosed to the Iraqis by the Russian ambassador.

We need to help Ukraine resist the Russians, and if the Russians invade Ukraine, we should increase aid so that Ukrainians can wage guerrilla warfare within the conquered zone and strengthen Ukrainian conventional forces to fight back.

I hope we are sharing intelligence with the Ukrainians to help them deploy their limited forces more effectively.

And I will laugh when China seizes territory in the Far East from Russia at some point.