Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made a dangerous mistake when he said that Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine was hardly a "

“A former Navy lawyer should know that appeasement is better not to engage in. But he is pandering to the isolationist wing of his party by echoing former President Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 Republican presidential nomination,” writes the Democratic-friendly Washington Post in an editorial..

DeSantis, speaking to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, stressed that the world must be the goal.. But allowing Russia to do whatever it wants is not the way to achieve it, but quite the opposite - a guaranteed path to new conflicts and a more dangerous, unstable world..

“Support for Ukraine is directly related to America’s national interests. Closing in on yourself means creating a power vacuum that Moscow, Beijing, Tehran, Pyongyang and many others would gladly fill.. China is watching. Taiwan will become more vulnerable if Russia gets away with annexing a large part of a neighboring sovereign country,” the Washington Post notes..

The editorial staff of the Wall Street Journal, which is loyal to the Republican Party, also believes that a potential US presidential candidate DeSantis made a big mistake when he criticized aid to Ukraine..

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Wall Street Journal editorial admits that DeSantis just read political sentiment. Polls show: about 40% of Republicans believe that the United States gives " Although in March last year, only 9% held this opinion.. The publication explains that this is rather a consequence of polarized American politics..

“Many Republicans are opposed to helping Ukraine just because Joe Biden is doing it, and their mirror image is anti-war left-wing Democrats who stick Ukrainian flag stickers on their electric cars,” the article says..

Wall Street Journal warns GOP should not flirt with isolationism. This policy of hers in the 1930s led to decades of " Republican naivety was exposed when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The electoral stigma did not disappear until Normandy landing hero Dwight Eisenhower saved the Republican Party from Robert Taft with his unwillingness to support NATO..

The New York Times, loyal to the Democratic camp, calls DeSantis' words " The publication accuses the Florida Republican of betraying the policy of his party, which was formulated by President Ronald Reagan.. Of course, modern Russia is not an " But the evil Russian regime is trying to build a new empire that "

Today, it is fashionable in the camp of the " Certain Reagan policies were indeed tailor-made for his times.. But that's not the whole story. Ronald Reagan led a country that was in a deep economic crisis, as it is now, and also opposed a much more powerful rival than modern Russia or China. However, at the time, America was well aware that it needed to maintain its strength and moral clarity to deal with challenges at home and abroad..

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“40 years ago, Reagan spoke confidently and truthfully about the nature of external threats.. Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump failed this task this week. Both politicians who built their brands around the battle with internal political enemies now withered in front of Russian weapons.. If any of them prevail, then the Reagan Republican Party will be truly lost, its moral clarity will disappear, and the preservation of international order will become the task of the Democratic Party, which demonstrates greater confidence in the morality and military strength of the United States than the Republicans..

Republican Party-loyal National Review believes Ron DeSantis' unfortunate statements will haunt him throughout the campaign and until the US presidential election in 2024.

" This statement equates the invader and the victim.. It will be difficult for DeSantis to explain why the hypothetical prospect of a Chinese takeover of territories in the Pacific is a more immediate issue than the current Russian occupation of territories in a country bordering US allies with whom we have a defense agreement..

The British edition of The Economist also criticized the potential US presidential candidate from the Republican Party, accusing him of inviting Putin to expand his aggression beyond Ukraine.. Russian autocrat convinced volatile, self-centered America will soon tire of defending Europe. And Russia will be able to benefit by filling the vacuum.

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“Whether Russia chooses next: Georgia or Moldova, before it starts testing NATO, the problems America will face will be much greater than today..

By reinforcing Putin's beliefs, DeSantis is playing with logic that will put American lives at risk..

The Economist also adds that DeSantis is undermining his own priority in confronting China.. If the US leaves Ukraine, then countries in Asia dependent on US protection will begin to question the credibility of an ally in Washington.. Having lost their faith, some of them will side with China. Others, such as Japan and South Korea, can go into the creation of nuclear weapons.. All this is not in the interests of the United States.