Why the US efforts in Ukraine are justified

While this intervention has enjoyed broad domestic support, it has its share of determined critics. Notably, much of the anti-war camp in foreign policy circles has loudly opposed vigorous U.S. intervention.

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November 3, 2022 - 3:22 PM

A young girl pauses in the basement of her apartment block where she now lives with her mother amid ongoing fighting between Ukrainian and Russian occupying forces, on Oct. 20, 2022, in Lyman, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. (Carl Court/Getty Images/TNS)

The U.S. and its allies have been engaging in a significant military intervention to help Ukraine resist Russia’s brutal invasion for the past nine months. Not only have they given considerable financial, humanitarian and military resources — including sophisticated weapons systems — to Ukraine, but they also have embedded advisers with Ukrainian forces, allowed thousands of their citizens to join Ukraine as foreign fighters and provided a vast amount of real-time intelligence to the country.

While this intervention has enjoyed broad domestic support, it has its share of…

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