The Ukraine divide threatens the GOP's unwavering legacy on defense

The mindless, red-meat-type criticisms of America's support of Ukraine by former President Trump and congressional acolytes such as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and the equivocations of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), are enabling Vladimir Putin's criminal aggression and threaten to despoil the Republican Party's traditional advocacy of American world leadership. For eight decades, ever since the years following the close of World War ll, the Republican Party has proudly worn the mantle of strong national defense. This belief in strong military and strong alliances reached its apex during the Reagan years with the tearing…