UKRAINE: THE FUNDAMENTAL MORAL QUESTION " The fundamental moral question, " Elon Musk informs us, " is this: How many more years of death in trenches and billions of dollars of corruption do you want? " It's a good question: the war has been going on far too long. But fundamental? I beg to differ. To begin with, it really isn't a moral question - it's a purely practical one. The conflict in Ukraine has plainly become a bottomless pit of lives and money - that's not in dispute. Whether the means used thus far to win the battle have been effective in terms of blood and treasure is certainly a question worth asking. But it's a question better answered by strategists and accountants than moralists. The question anyone concerned with moral issues should be asking is quite different: Is this a battle worth fighting ? That's the really fundamental question. Here the lines are clearer. What is Ukraine fighting for ? Is it fighting to obtain more ter...