, Columnist
Ukraine Needs Total Western Support — and So Does Israel
Two nations are fighting for their existence against absolutist enemies, but one is the victim of a double standard.
Wartime leaders.
Photographer: Oded Balilty/AFP/Getty Images
This is a tale of two democracies, each under attack by a sworn foe of Western civilization. One is in Eastern Europe; the other in the Middle East. One is vast; the other tiny. One is just 33 years old; the other has been in existence for three-quarters of a century. One is relatively poor; the other quite rich.
Both have recently seen unarmed civilians, including children, brutally slaughtered, tortured and kidnapped by their enemies. Both are sending their sons and daughters, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers into brutal battles.