Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP President Obama may be considering sending weapons to Ukraine to help its soldiers repel Russian-backed separatists, but he isn’t drawing a “red line” on what would prompt him to do so. The subject of a red line in foreign policy is, of course, an uncomfortable one for the president, who infamously ignored the bright demarcation he set when the Syrian army was caught using chemical weapons against rebels in 2013. During a press conference Monday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Obama made clear that sending defensive arms to Ukraine was one of the options his team was …read more
Source: The Atlantic