Simon Jenkins’ warning about the alleged risk of escalation in Ukraine is the latest example of what’s become his kneejerk anti-interventionism that would leave the west frozen into inactivity while our adversaries make hay (Nato is growing reckless over Ukraine – and Russia’s German military leak proves it, 5 March).
The wisdom of intervention needs to be assessed case by case, not with his blanket critique. He should reflect on where he has gone wrong before. In 2001, before 9/11, Nato launched Operation Essential Harvest, sending in thousands of troops to what is now North Macedonia to collect weapons from an insurgent group as part of the Ohrid agreement.
