"The Washington Post published a story two days ago which corresponds exactly what I’m hearing with from Washington, and indeed what seems obvious if you look honestly at what is happening. Basically the Biden Administration, and the President in particular, will do nothing more to aid Ukraine until the election. The administration wont approve the heart of the new Ukrainian strategy, which would be to help the Ukrainians with a greater ranged strike campaign.
I think we need to be clear what is happening here. Biden has never wanted Ukraine to have the ability to strike too effectively against Russian power. At first this was shown by his fear about letting Ukraine strike Crimea, and by his constant fear and prevarication about letting Ukraine have even old US systems such as Abrams tanks, F-16s, etc.
Its the same situation that we have had since Feb 2022. The administration believed then that Ukraine had no chance—and was prepared for a swift Russian conquest of at least eastern Ukraine. When the Ukrainians shocked the administration through its effective and powerful resistance, certain fundamentals in their outlook never changed. First, the administration/President remained very worried that Putin might follow through with his nuclear threats against Ukraine. Second, the administration/President remained petrified about a possible Russian collapse—preferring a dictator in control of Moscow to instability."
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