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Vladimir Putin
There is little indication that Putin has dropped any of the maximalist demands he set out last week
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He still demands huge chunks of Ukraine and other dramatic concessions
A sea change does seem to have taken place, from my perspective for the better
The reality is that the agreement that didn’t get signed last Friday is more a matter of symbolism than economics
The process of browbeating the country into submission may have been ugly, but it could be the first real step towards ending the bloodshed
The war in Ukraine has the potential to put the US into a direct conflict with Russia, a nuclear-armed power far more threatening than the Taliban
POTUS will have to do the same with Russia
Until billions are spent and thousands recruited, it’s a fantasy
‘That is a way better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in thirty or forty years’
