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winetourdriver01

(1,154 posts) Wed Mar 8, 2023, 05:27 AM Mar 2023

Trump and DeSantis are giving Putin reason to believe he can win in Ukraine

As Russia's war on Ukraine enters its second year, Vladimir Putin's best hope for "victory" may lie with the two leading GOP candidates for president. Having failed to achieve an easy political takeover of Ukraine and suffered massive military losses, Putin's best option is to stalemate the war and wait for U.S. and European support for Kyiv to splinter. Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are already enabling Putin's strategy by publicly proclaiming their willingness to cut off Kyiv.

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https://www.rawstory.com/trudy-rubin-trump-and-desantis-are-giving-putin-reason-to-believe-he-can-win-in-ukraine/

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Trump and DeSantis are giving Putin reason to believe he can win in Ukraine (Original Post) winetourdriver01 Mar 2023 OP

We used to have a clear-eyed vision of this stuff, we used to call it aid and comfort to the enemy Walleye Mar 2023 #1

Is there any evidence that shows Putin is striving for a stalemate? Kaleva Mar 2023 #2

Walleye

(31,017 posts)

1. We used to have a clear-eyed vision of this stuff, we used to call it aid and comfort to the enemy

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Wed Mar 8, 2023, 07:52 AM

Mar 2023

Kaleva

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2. Is there any evidence that shows Putin is striving for a stalemate?

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Wed Mar 8, 2023, 08:06 AM

Mar 2023

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