Last weekend Iran launched a massive attack on Israel. My parents are from Israel and Israel is a part of my life too. It is good that America, the UK and other countries helped Israel, and thank God the pain and destruction was minimal. But Ukraine gets attacked like this every week, and it feels like no one in America and the West cares. Of course, I hope I am wrong.

In a recent Washington Post article it spoke of the US requesting Ukraine to stop targeting Russian oil refineries. The concern is that it could raise global energy prices. How about asking the Russians to stop sending missiles and drones to Ukraine. The concern is that could cause people to die.

I don’t see too many Republicans arguing that Israel should disarm as a strategy to get Israel and Iran to negotiate a peace settlement. But you do often see lots of Republicans argue that Ukraine should disarm as a strategy to get Ukraine and Russia to negotiate a peace settlement.

Israel is not in NATO but US and UK fighter jets helped shoot down Iranian drones. These are the same Shahed drones that Russia keeps attacking Ukraine with. Ukraine can’t even get a Patriot air defense system from America. People are suffering in Ukraine. Millions have had their way of life destroyed, been displaced, and everyday the pain and destruction continues.

This is not a blog piece about Israel, but about Ukraine.

One thing is for sure, nukes are going to be on the rise. Any country with nukes will be treated mildly if they break international law. This is what we have seen with Russia. So for sure, expect more nukes in the world, not less. This all could have been avoided, in my view, if America and the West simply armed Ukraine properly. There was actually a contract in place called the Budapest Memorandum, but it seems that these contracts aren’t worth the paper they are written on. If people in Estonia, for example, think a piece of paper is going to protect them from a Russian attack then they are naive. Again, that is my view. NATO is weak, and Russia can see this. Russia will not stop unless they are stopped.

I follow a bunch of people online (mainly on Twitter) like Anne Applebaum, Timothy Snyder, Bill Browder, Michael McFaul, etc. Yes, they are all very smart people who understand exactly that Russia is evil and that Ukraine needs weapons etc. But I feel more and more they are all talking to themselves. Where is the help from the America and the West? When is this madness going to end? Nothing seems to change – they can make Tweets all day, and write articles in the FT, The Atlantic, Economist, get interviewed on CNN, etc. but nothing is changing when it comes to support for Ukraine. Just story after story, and the endless delays. It just makes no sense. And it is cruel and unfair.