A country does not have to be big to be noble — as Denmark proves. Denmark knows its self-interest, as well. A report in the Kyiv Post begins,

Denmark has decided to deliver all the artillery rounds from its stockpiles to Ukraine, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told the Ukrainian Lunch at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 17.

Artillery shells are among the most crucial military supplies for Ukraine, as they are used daily in high numbers on the Ukrainian battlefields.

Frederiksen said, among other things, “Russia does not want peace with us. They are destabilizing the Western world from many different angles — in the Arctic region, the Balkans, and Africa — with disinformation, cyberattacks, hybrid war, and obviously in Ukraine.”

• A word from the American president:

It will be forgotten in about two seconds — except by the Ukrainians. Still, one takes the point.

• A question for politicos: If Nikki Haley, rather than Donald Trump, were leading in the GOP presidential primaries, would Lindsey Graham, Tom Cotton, and Marco Rubio have voted against Ukraine aid? Wouldn’t almost all Republicans in Congress support Ukraine aid?

• With Senator Mitch McConnell, Noah Rothman had a very interesting conversation. And one of the most interesting parts of it is McConnell’s suggestion that more Republicans would have voted to support Ukraine if there had been a secret ballot.

Who can doubt it? As I see it, Trump and Trumpian media have cowed the entire party.

• Someone once said — this is usually attributed to Mark Twain — “If you don’t like the New England weather, just wait 15 minutes.” In a similar vein: If you don’t like a position Lindsey Graham is taking . . .

• To what Patrick Chovanec has said here, many of us could nod our head:

• Every day — virtually every hour — I hear opponents of aid to Ukraine say “blank check.” This does not merely come from Internet “trolls” (although there are legions of them). It comes from politicians, media personalities, think-tankers. Are these people misinformed? Or more like . . . mendacious?

• In my view, the presence of Jennifer Griffin at Fox News is both valuable and gratifying:

• In press reports, I see congressmen who favor aid to Ukraine described as “moderates” — GOP congressmen, I mean. This strikes me as a wrong label. My impression is that these congressmen are conservatives — and that opponents of aid are different sorts altogether.

• George F. Will has written a column headed “Republicans, once a noble party, fall to ignoble acts on Ukraine aid.” If I start quoting, I will quote the whole thing. I will paste, simply, the closing paragraph:

An America whose empathy is so shriveled that it will not help to sustain Ukraine’s heroism had better hope that the world has exhausted its supply of nasty surprises. Such an America is unprepared for any future that resembles the past.

• I would like to paste a paragraph from Matt Continetti, too. In a column, he writes,

America’s allies face existential threats. Vladimir Putin intends to absorb Ukraine into his resurgent Russian empire. Iran’s theocrats seek to destroy the Jewish state by proxy wars and nuclear arms. Xi Jinping wants Beijing to rule Taipei. We owe it to our friends — and to the generations of Americans who sacrificed for peace — to do what we can to deter aggressors.

I will add that Matt has touched on three countries whose right to exist — whose very right to exist — is widely denied: Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

• James Pethokoukis had, in my opinion, a bracing formulation:

• The GOP’s least favorite Republicans, I suppose, are Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney. I will quote them both, beginning with the latter:

And here is Liz Cheney:

• A reader of ours thought to direct me to Ronald Reagan’s 1986 State of the Union address — to these words, in particular:

We strengthen the family of freedom every time we work with allies and come to the aid of friends under siege. And we can enlarge the family of free nations if we will defend the unalienable rights of all God’s children to follow their dreams.

To those imprisoned in regimes held captive, to those beaten for daring to fight for freedom and democracy — for their right to worship, to speak, to live, and to prosper in the family of free nations — we say to you tonight: You are not alone, freedom fighters. America will support with moral and material assistance your right not just to fight and die for freedom but to fight and win freedom.

Reagan added, “This is a great moral challenge for the entire Free World.”