The media is currently outraged that President Trump was holding up military aid to Ukraine. It conveniently decided to forget that Obama essentially refused military aid to Ukraine, authorizing things like MREs and boots, and then slow-walking them.

Washington wants to show its support for the country’s interim leaders without further antagonizing an unpredictable Moscow or inadvertently emboldening the Ukrainian military to take steps that could spark a more direct conflict.

“It’s not a forever ‘no,’ it’s a ‘no for now,’ ” a senior U.S. official said.

In a detailed request for U.S. military assistance, the Ukrainian government asked the Pentagon to provide arms and ammunition, communications gear, intelligence support, aviation fuel and night-vision goggles, along with other items, according to officials briefed on the emergency Ukrainian appeal.

The Pentagon has agreed for now to only provide the Ukrainians with supplies of U.S. military rations known as “Meals Ready to Eat,” or MREs, officials said. MREs were part of the Ukrainian request. The MREs could start shipping within days, officials said.

It’s okay.

As usual, it’s fine when Obama did it.