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President Donald Trump deserves sincere praise and encouragement for his continuing, so far pretty thankless effort to bring about peace in the Russia-Ukraine war. He quite properly emphasizes the terrible human carnage of this conflict, involving civilians as well as the military.

Given the fundamental values and ideals of our nation, seeking — and ideally, fulfilling — the role of committed peacemaker is directly in line with the human and egalitarian values expressed brilliantly in our Declaration of Independence. Our Civil War reconfirmed that egalitarian commitment, at enormous human cost.

The 20th century brought a reluctant United States into international leadership, decisively. U.S. resources and leadership were vital to defending Eu

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