Jan Pokorný of Czech Radio asked Pres. Petr Pavel yesterday what it would mean if RobertFico’s vow of not sending a single bullet to Ukraine truly applied, and Pavel responded: “Itwould mean that sooner or later Ukraine will lose this fight, and Russia will win.” Paveladded a few moments later that Slovakia’s contribution of course can’t save or sink Ukrainebut is very important in terms of maintaining unity. The next question should have been, butwasn’t, about the decision of the U.S. Congress to leave aid for Ukraine out of a key spending bill for avoiding a government shutdown. Isn’t that more important in terms of Ukrainethan who the next PM of Slovakia is? With Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the U.S. all nowbacking away from military aid for Kyiv, perhaps the most important question for Pavel iswhether the CR is supposed to become the eastern flank/Bucharest Nine leader of the wareffort. Suddenly a White House visit for Pres. Gen. Petr Pavel makes geopolitical sense.

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