Today, as the world debates a new set of “security guarantees” for Ukraine, it is impossible to ignore the painful irony. Nearly three decades ago, Ukraine, a nation that had just inherited the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal from the collapsed Soviet Union, voluntarily gave up its ultimate deterrent in exchange for what proved to be hollow promises from the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Russian Federation. This critical error in judgment, trusting in the unenforceable word of larger powers, is the root of Ukraine’s present vulnerability.

In the mid-1990s, U.S. policy under President Bill Clinton promised Ukraine that it would protect it. These assurances, enshrined in the Budapest Memorandum, were written in disappearing ink. By convincing Ukraine to disarm after the Soviet Union crumbled without providing a concrete and legally enforceable defense guarantee, the United States exposed a vulnerable nation to the predatory actions of a nuclear power. The debate today about a new set of security guarantees for Ukraine must be viewed through this lens of betrayal. Why Ukraine wants this promise again is befuddling, but it does not matter to America Firsters.

The deep ideological divide between traditional interventionism (War Pigs Black Sabbath Warn Us About) and the “America First” principles of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement is the biggest political Rubicon in the Republican Party. The MAGA faction has consistently articulated a skeptical, and at times openly hostile, view of continued U.S. involvement in Ukraine, Israel, or anywhere else overseas. This perspective is rooted in a fundamental reevaluation of American interests abroad, arguing that resources, whether financial, military, or human, should be prioritized for domestic challenges rather than foreign entanglements.

The MAGA movement’s stance on Ukraine aid is a direct challenge to decades of bipartisan foreign policy, which has led to endless wars. By prioritizing domestic spending, questioning the depletion of military stockpiles, and staunchly opposing military deployment, this faction of the America First movement is seeking to redefine America’s role in the world fundamentally. Our position is not merely about a single conflict but reflects a broader, isolationist doctrine.  Simply stated, MAGA is here to stop the War Pigs and the endless wars. Ukraine is not America’s problem, no matter what the War Pigs’ propagandist tells you.

C. Rich

C. Rich is the voice behind America Speaks Ink, home to the America First Movement. As an author, freelance ghostwriter, poet, and blogger, C. Rich brings a “baked-in” perspective shaped by growing up on the streets and beaches of South Florida in the 1970s-1980s and brings a quintessential Generation-X point of view.

Rich’s writing journey began in 2008 with coverage of the Casey Anthony trial and has since evolved into a wide-ranging exploration of politics, culture, and the issues that define our times. Follow C. Rich’s writing odyssey here at America Speaks Ink and on Amazon with a multi-book series on Donald Trump called “Trump Era: The MAGA Files” and many other books and subjects C. Rich is known to cover.  CRich@AmericaSpeaksInk.com

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