Use your position to make something unambiguous clear: the United States stands with Ukraine's territorial integrity and independence, and behind every word of Article 5 of the NATO charter. Russia's escalating provocations across Europe, with 100 documented attacks on NATO countries between January and August alone and a senior NATO official putting the real number at over 200, are not happening in a vacuum. They are happening because Russia sees an opening, and that opening is American ambiguity fueled by this administration's antagonism toward our allies.
Poland's Prime Minister has warned parliament that Russia may deliberately fire missiles into NATO territory and claim it was an accident, specifically to test whether Article 5 of the NATO charter is "more theoretical than practical." Lithuania, the Netherlands, and Finland have confirmed the same intelligence. Germany is preparing hospitals for up to 1,000 wounded soldiers a day. These governments are not panicking; they are responding rationally to a threat that has been building for over a decade.
Russia's economy is faltering and its military is grinding through Ukraine. That makes it more dangerous, not less. The path to de-escalation runs through strength and clarity: Russia must withdraw from Ukraine and pay reparations for the destruction caused by their unprovoked war. Speak up loudly for the alliance that kept the peace for decades. Silence right now is not neutrality; it is a signal Moscow will exploit.