How the Strategy of Fighting to the Last Ukrainian Was Sold to the Public as Morally Righteous

Professor Glenn Diesen

For almost three years, NATO countries have boycotted diplomatic contacts with Russia, even as hundreds of thousands of men have died on the battlefield. The decision by diplomats to reject diplomacy is morally repugnant as diplomacy could have reduced the excess of violence, prevented escalation, and even resulted in a path to peace. However, the polit…