The Ukraine-Israel Test for U.S. Democracy

The Beltway press likes to fret about the fate of U.S. democracy, invariably because of Republicans. But now a real democratic test is arriving: support for Israel and Ukraine. Can Washington’s factions rise above their parochial interests and compromise to help two U.S. friends fighting for their national survival?

The House plans to vote this week on $14 billion in aid for Israel, and Washington is absorbed with infighting over whether to combine that measure with support for Ukraine and Taiwan. But strip away the inside baseball and the stakes are whether America can still rally to a common purpose, as an axis of hostility works together against U.S. interests.