Peace deal or not, this must be Europe’s next brave move to counter Russian aggression

Europe is taking baby steps towards walking away from America and ending the Russian threat against its democracies. But the time has come to take giant leaps for mankind. The first move is immediate Nato membership for Ukraine, for Georgia and for Bosnia-Herzegovina. The idea would probably be vetoed immediately by the US, along with Hungary and Slovakia, which are run by pro-Putin autocrats. But a non-Nato, Nato-style alliance of the West would be a powerful entity that would give Putin pause for thought if it acted together and with the sort of confidence the Kremlin has shown on the…