The United States is seriously considering giving Ukraine lethal defensive weapons, and this is the right move. Over the last month, Michael Brendan Dougherty and I have debated this issue here and here.
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John E. Herbst: Ukraine needs arms, not cheap arguments
The U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis shakes hands with the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in Kyiv on Aug. 24.