Democrats' animosity toward Putin is understandable. But in this case, it's clouding their judgment.
military support for Ukrainian liberation. These two approaches are not at odds, but complementary. Combined, they allow the U.S. to support Ukraine while reducing the likelihood of nuclear confrontation and potentially shortening the length of the conflict.
The letter was not calling for the U.S. to go behind Ukraine’s back and come up with some secret deal to cede Ukrainian territory. If Ukraine doesn’t agree to it, it’s not a deal. But there are other other things that the U.S. and Russia could discuss bilaterally that pertain to the U.S.'s national security interests. First and foremost: how to reduce the increasing likelihood of a nuclear confrontation. “We’re in a situation where we’re talking much less to Russia than we did with the Soviets even in the darkest days of the Cold War,” said George Beebe, a former director of Russia analysis at the CIA and special adviser on Russia to former Vice President Dick Cheney.
By opening up more frequent, higher-level and direct communications, both parties can describe their posture and intentions more clearly and spell out their red lines. It’s important at a time when one incident like, for example, a nonstate vigilante actor shooting down a satellite over Ukraine, could be misunderstood by the other country as an opening salvo of war. While there is a little bit of communication going on between the U.S. and Russia, it's extremely narrow in scope.
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