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Putin gets nothing if Ukraine doesn’t agree to ignominious terms and NATO allies back its refusal. Congress has oversight , thanks to CAATSA, over many U.S. sanctions on Russia, including on waivers. U.S. wants to stop selling arms to Europe and eliminate the PURL mechanism after all this? Mmm-hmm. American aid also means American leverage on how Ukraine wages war. No aid, no right to escalation manage on things like targeted assassinations, deep strikes, etc. (There will be nothing stopping HUR and SBU from doing to the Russians anywhere in the world what GRU and FSB routinely do to Western equities on Western soil.) Trump is teeing up for weeks of relentless media coverage making him look a coward and a dupe—a tanning-bed Henry Wallace without his lasting Damascene moment. Veterans from Slavyansk and Kramatorsk going back a decade will turn up in the pages of the New York Post and on Fox News. Kyiv has been on a prolonged and understandable charm offensive since the Feb. debacle in the Oval. It doesn’t have to last unto Ukraine’s being forced into a suicide pact just so a venal, corrupt and silly little man can receive a bauble from the Norwegians.
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