The US, Ukraine, Cain, Abel - and you

Russell Moore  |  Comment
Date posted:  6 Mar 2025
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The US, Ukraine, Cain, Abel - and you

Putin and Trump at a summit in 2017 (Wikimedia Commons)

Over the past few weeks, the United States of America reversed course on the Russian invasion of Ukraine in multiple ways: siding with Russia in a United Nations resolution, freezing aid to Ukraine in its defence against Russian forces, and hosting a televised Oval Office repudiation of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

As many have noted, the geopolitical, military, and diplomatic costs of attacking allies and appeasing enemies are incalculable. As Christians, though, we should also consider the moral cost of surrendering Ukraine.

In most situations of foreign policy, the moral questions are usually debatable, if not murky. Hawks and doves usually agree on the underlying ideals and values to be defended but disagree on the best prudential way to achieve them.

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