When I first encountered J.D. Vance's remarks about Ukraine and saw the face of this man, I was struck by two things: 1. The limitations of strategic thinking. 2. An expression of narrow-mindedness on his face. His statement, “I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine” (POLITICO), shocked me. Such indifference to the fate of Ukraine, which is my homeland and is in a difficult situation following the Russian invasion, was astounding.
I'm not just talking about basic empathy towards the Ukrainian people, whom Russia is trying to erase from the face of the earth with 3,000-kilogram bombs in the center of Europe as you read these lines. Perhaps empathy is too strict a requirement for participants in the modern political vanity fair. However, I am referring to elementary strategic thinking that should be inherent in a U.S. senator.