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Ukraine: the chapter records three competing conservative positions and picks none

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, chapter 6, p. 182. Written by Kiron K. Skinner.

Ukraine: the chapter records three competing conservative positions and picks none

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What the document says

“continued U.S. involvement must be fully paid for; limited to military aid”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 182

This chapter does not resolve its own position on Ukraine. It sets out one view favoring continued involvement including military and economic aid and the presence of NATO and American troops if necessary, a second holding that European nations should aid Ukraine's defense while the United States ends its involvement and presses for a negotiated settlement, and a third that asks first what is in the interest of the American people. The quoted words come from that third position. The chapter states that the common ground is that presidential leadership in 2025 must chart the course.

What the document actually says

“continued U.S. involvement must be fully paid for; limited to military aid”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 182
That sentence, in plain words

If America stays involved, it must be paid for. It should be weapons only.

What this is about

The book does not settle what to do about Ukraine. It lays out three views. One says keep helping. One says stop. One says only help if it is paid for and limited.

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