7 August 2024

Defending Lady Liberty: Can democracies no longer win wars?

Mark Toth and Jonathan Sweet

Washington under the Biden-Harris administration is radically redefining America’s global role in safeguarding democracy. We defend liberty, but only to the extent that it is just barely surviving.

Lady Liberty is increasingly unwilling to fight to win. As evidenced in Ukraine and the Middle East, Washington does not want our allies to achieve victory; it is enough for them to survive to defend another day.

That has been the consistent self-defeating message coming from the White House since President Biden took office. Now, that same messaging is being echoed by Vice President Kamala Harris as she is rapidly becoming the de facto president, and her campaign largely takes control of U.S. national security and foreign policy.

We have witnessed this losing strategy play out in Ukraine — and now tragically in the Middle East. It is also the modus operandi in waiting for Taipei should Chinese ruler Xi Jinping opt to militarily retake the island of Taiwan.

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