Intransigence Is Not A Foreign Policy: Two Truths The West Fears – OpEd

Western intransigence must give way to the reality on the ground. The shortsighted Western strategy of provoking the “Bear” to see what one can get away with is fraught with peril. It is also driven by a sense of desperation from its leaders that two truths are evident.

First, short of sending ground troops to “save the...