The bits are falling into a distinct pattern – a pre-prepared pattern. Defence Secretary Hegseth at the Munich Security Conference gave us four “noes”: No to Ukraine in NATO; No to a return to pre-2014 borders; No to “Article 5” peacekeeper backstops, and “No” to US troops in Ukraine. And in a final flourish, he added that US troops in Europe are not ”forever” – and even placed a question mark over the continuity of NATO. Pretty plain speaking! The US clearly is cutting away from Ukraine. And...















