Support for Israel has been decisive and real — a stark contrast to the West's grudging aid for Ukraine - ABC News
Support for Israel has been decisive and real — a stark contrast to the West's grudging aid for Ukraine - ABC News posted at 19:08:54 UTC via abc.net.au On a broad geopolitical level, the biggest loser of the Israel-Gaza war is Ukraine. The biggest winner is Russia's Vladimir Putin. Having two major wars happening at the same time will take momentum from Ukraine. Before this new war started, Ukraine was already battling to keep its funding going as the shifting politics in the United States moved against it. In some ways, Ukraine's biggest challenge is not Vladimir Putin — its army has both his measure and the measure of the Russian army — but the murky, swirling waters of a dysfunctional Washington. Among both Republicans and Democrats in Congress — the body that decides what money goes to which cause — Ukraine is losing support. Joe Biden and the Democrats remain more committed than the Republicans and Donald Trump, but it's clear that both sides realise that...
