Its not a situation that the American people are dropping in their support for Ukraine. They are not, as the polls show. This is clear politics and the influence of Trump making sure that the Republican Party does his bidding.

Together we call upon Congress to do the right thing. Ukrainians are fighting for their existence. Ukrainians are also fighting for our safety and for everyone's freedom. We should not let our allies down.
Read the letter linked in thread, signed by
JJ Abrams, filmmaker…

You can be sure that friends of the US in the Asia-Pacific are looking at the US abandoning of Ukraine while China is 'surging' help for Russia--and making their own calculations about whether they can count on the US in a crisis. apnews.com/article/united…

Hi All, Just sent out a piece about the very strange justifications that the Pentagon is putting out to try and defend the US position that Ukraine should not attack Russian oil facilities (a legitimate target of war).

It's been a minute, but we have a new thread from 'Karl,' the Estonian military analyst, on the war in Ukraine. With Holger Roonemaa:

It’s quite something to see the French shaming the US for cowardice these days. Quite something—and more than deserved.

In this case that’s wrong. It’s ultimately Trump operating through Speaker Mike Johnson who is allowing this to happen. You can’t support Trump and Ukraine…it should be obvious to all by now

The US House is enabling this

Europe has to let go of the idea of Russia included in an all-European security architecture. The focus must be to make #EU and #NATO as strong and resilient as possible, and from that position, deal w Russia, I argued in a panel on World Order at DEF #DelphiForum …

Congress must let Ukraine Win. Together we call upon Congress to do the right thing.
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The Russians are continuing their campaign to eradicate the city of Kharkiv, which had almost 1.5 million people before the war